Avaliação da educação ambiental como método para o gerenciamento de resíduos nos serviços de saúde

Abstract

Changes are needed in the organizational structure of health services through the construction and implementation of a continuing education process waste for healthcare professionals. The Plan of Health Services Waste Management (PGRSS) alone is not sufficient for the success of management, professionals need to be trained routinely and thus be sensitized on environmental issues. Thus the objective was to provide an assessment on the impacts of environmental education in managing health care waste in the national context. It is an integrative literature review that was marked on the steps proposed by Mendes (2008). It was established as inclusion criteria publications in Portuguese, published from 1999 to 2015 and use of lilacs database, bireme, bvs and open Google Scholar search site. It was observed that 78.9% of researchers reported concern over the issue of education in effective waste management in institutions, believe that legislation alone will not guarantee the success of PGRSS, is indispensable implementation of environmental education programs. There is the importance of proper management plan in accordance with the law, however, this should come combined relevant actions with regard to sensitization and awareness of employees. Based on the results obtained, the methodology used showed efficiency in relation to environmental education as a valuable method in the implementation of PGRSS.