IMPACT OF AN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE ON HOSPITAL HEALTH SERVICE WASTE

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https://doi.org/10.17564/2316-3798.2024v9n3p992-1003

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2024-12-16

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Vol. 9 No. 3 (2024): Fluxo Contínuo

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Continuing education is a crucial method for raising awareness among healthcare professionals regarding the proper disposal of Healthcare Waste (HW). However, studies on its impact remain limited. This study aimed to describe and evaluate the impact of a hospital education practice on Healthcare Waste. A quantitative, experimental, field trial design was employed to assess HW production before and after an intervention involving training for workers at a University Hospital in Paraná, Brazil, from 2021 to 2022. Secondary data on monthly HW disposal in kilograms and the number of patients per day were collected. Data were tabulated and assessed using the Mann-Whitney test. Following the intervention, a significant 67.34% reduction in HW production was observed, decreasing from 1.99 kg/patient/day pre-intervention to 0.65 kg/patient/day post-intervention (p=0.04). It was concluded that continuing education proved to be an effective practice for raising awareness among professionals and achieving a significant reduction in HW production.

Author Biographies

Wilson Schemberger Oliveira, State University of Ponta Grossa

Medical student at the State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG), participant in the project: "Applied Medical Therapeutics Extension Action Project" (LATEM). Student of the eleventh class of the Medicine program at UEPG.

Cristina Berger Fadel, State University of Ponta Grossa

She holds a degree in Dentistry from the State University of Ponta Grossa - PR (1996), a master's degree in Social Dentistry from the Camilo Castelo Branco University - SP (2001), a Ph.D. in Preventive and Social Dentistry from the São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho - SP (2009), and a postdoctoral degree from the São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho - SP (2016). Currently, she is an associate professor in the Department of Dentistry at the State University of Ponta Grossa, where she teaches courses in Collective Health and Oral Health Practices in the Dentistry program. She is a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Health Sciences at the State University of Ponta Grossa, teaching the Research Methods Triangulation course. Her expertise lies in the areas of Collective Health and Dentistry, with a focus on Public Health, primarily working on topics such as the Unified Health System, Collective Oral Health, Epidemiology, Education and Health, Human Resources, and Health Policy. She also has experience in Qualitative Research Methods.

Claudia Regina Biancato Bastos, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from the State University of Ponta Grossa (2005), specialization in Oncology Nursing from the Erasto Gaertner Hospital (2008), Master's degree in Health Technology from PUCPR (CAPES scholarship - 2015-2017), and is a Ph.D. student in Health Technology at PUCPR (CAPES scholarship). She has completed courses in clinical hypnosis (2015), clinical Podiatry (2017), and laser therapy (2017). Her experience encompasses various areas, including clinical care, continuous education, oncology, hospital cancer registry, hospital infection control, hospital accreditation, implementation of nursing care systematization, nursing process computerization, management in the implementation of a teaching hospital, nursing management, nursing consultancy, teaching, and research. She has received significant nursing awards, including being named Outstanding Nurse in 2014 by COREN-PR. During her tenure as nursing manager, her team received recognition for the best nursing service in a private hospital in PR from COREN PR in 2014. She also received an award as a success case in 2013 from Unimed Nacional for developing a new method of bed identification through risk stratification. In 2016, she once again earned the Outstanding title in the category awarded by COREN PR. Currently, she is a faculty member at UNOPAR and the State University of Ponta Grossa.

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da Mota de França Pinto, A., Schemberger Oliveira, W., Berger Fadel, C., & Regina Biancato Bastos, C. (2024). IMPACT OF AN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE ON HOSPITAL HEALTH SERVICE WASTE. Interfaces Científicas - Saúde E Ambiente, 9(3), 992–1003. https://doi.org/10.17564/2316-3798.2024v9n3p992-1003