Eficiencia en el manejo de la gestión de residuos y desechos hospitalarios. Una revisión sistemática

Abstract

ABSTRAC Introduction: The waste originated from the health centers contain a high pathogen-microorganism charge, which have a high noxiousness for both the environment and the overall population’s health state. Objective: To determine the efficiency of the hospital-waste management through a systematic revision. Methodology: This is a meta-qualitative systematic review. Ten studies from different data bases such as Redalyc, PubMed, SciELO and Google Scholar both in English and Spanish, published in the last 5 years were included. Results: Ten scientific papers were reviewed in order to gather the necessary information; such information addresses the efficiency of hospital-waste management. Conclusions: Hospital-waste management are the main problem related to the health staff´s biosecurity, therefore, it is important to elaborate a training program related to hospital-waste management in order to raise awareness in the health staff, avoiding putting both the health staff and general population at risk. The incorrect management of such waste, may reverberate on the appearance of conditions on the person who handles them, regardless of whether or not he or she belongs the health staff. Among them respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, malaria and other infectious diseases such as AIDS or HIV are highlighted. Keywords: management, sanitary waste, knowledge, practices.