Materiais e medicamentos com validade expirada, gerenciamento e desafios

Abstract

Objective: to learn about the management of health care waste from hospital materials and drugs discarded due to the expiration date, at a university hospital. Method: this is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study to be carried out in a university hospital. Data will be collected by consulting the database and restricted forms of the study scenario. The following variables will be investigated: description of the residue; period of final destination; cost of the product and final destination; quantity and place of generation. The data will be organized in Excel spreadsheets, analyzing them by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 19. The study will be carried out after the approval of the responsible Ethics Committees. Expected results: the aim is to obtain information that subsidizes the intervention through planning, monitoring and logistic evaluation of all the processes of health services waste management.