DESTINO FINAL DE LOS DESECHOS GENERADOS EN EL HOSPITAL PROVINCIAL DR. VERDI CEVALLOS BALDA DE LA CIUDAD DE PORTOVIEJO DURANTE LOS MESES DE ABRIL A SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2005

Abstract

The present researched work is the kind descriptive and qualitative which general objective was identified the characteristic of the final disposition of hospital rubbish in Verdi Cevallos Balda Hospital in Portoviejo city, from April to September 2005. The universe was formed by thirty employees, auxiliary administrative staff and addition we weighed the rubbish generated in areas proposed in this study which we could realize the characterization of hospital rubbish generated in this houses health. The information that we got by survey where it included knot co ledge about elimination of hospital rubbish and the principal illness that these are exposed by inadequate handling in the same. The next investigation was classified with a variable; characteristic of final disposition internal of hospital rubbishes with it dimension: kind and quality of generated rubbish by each service. That is found in the final internal deposits or tertiary: laboratory, emergency, operating theatre, childbirth room and x rays. Areas of generation and storing of rubbish and its internal disposition, internal collection of hospital rubbishes, final internal disposition into garbage in the storing patio external disposition of the garbage. In our research working, we found a big percent without separating the common rubbish in 100%, the infectious rubbishes are separated with 92% and the special rubbishes in 15 % expressed that they did it through the delivery of quantity the hospital rubbishes generated in the areas study, we identified that the mayor generation of hospital rubbish was in emergency with 41 %, followed by childbirth room witch 21 % and in third place the operating theatre with 18%. Referring to the application of measure of biosecurity during the collection the generated rubbishes in the studied areas in Verdi Cevallos Balda Hospital in Portoviejo, the administrative staff of cleaning surveyed, expressed that only use the apron 15 % and 84% do not use it. With the use of gloves when they clean every day, only 77% expressed that they use it, and 23 % do not use it. 10 The chosen services to realize the study in Dr Verdi Cevallos Balda in Portoviejo; the bigger generation are the infectious with 78 % in relation with human rubbishes with 21%. Where has had an exaggerated production of infectious rubbishes? It is possible to a inadequate separation in the moment that generate rubbishes. The external ways of transport used to the generated rubbishes in Dr Verdi Cevallos Balda in Portoviejo, expressed 100% the surveyed staff, and they carry them in the center of our city. The disposition of hospital rubbishes in the place where the city hall puts it 100%, of surveyed people expressed that the hospital rubbishes generated are prepared where our city hall put the garbage, but mixed. Given the result in the investigation and as a part of our objective was elaborated and execute a program at enabling in all the hospital to promove the adequate operation in the hospital rubbish, in order to avoid the pollution in Portoviejo city.