The Cost of Health Service Waste Management of (HSWM): A Case Study of Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases at a Public Hospital in São Paulo.
<p>The Health Service Waste Management is a set of technical and legal procedures for waste management in any type of health facilities. It is known about the limited resources, so reducing environmental costs can contribute to the management of hospital costs. The objective was to estimate th...
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doaj-694bc1a7b73a4cb0b8c5f9c830b916902020-11-25T01:49:00ZporUniversidade Nove de JulhoRevista de Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade2316-98342015-08-014212714310.5585/geas.v4i2.28986The Cost of Health Service Waste Management of (HSWM): A Case Study of Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases at a Public Hospital in São Paulo.Chennyfer Dobbins Paes da Rosa0Denise Mathias1Claudia da Cunha Komata2Universidade Nove de JulhoUniversidade Nove de JulhoInstituto de Infectologia Emilio Ribas<p>The Health Service Waste Management is a set of technical and legal procedures for waste management in any type of health facilities. It is known about the limited resources, so reducing environmental costs can contribute to the management of hospital costs. The objective was to estimate the cost of the phases of HSWM to the Intensive Care Unit for public service. Data collecting was done through a script of questions and observations on site at the Emilio Ribas Infectious Diseases Institute in Sao Paulo. The ABC costing method was used. The most costly step was wrapping (40.68%), followed by segregation (40.17%), which is justified by both being associated with health workers’ salaries. The daily cost of the management of health care waste from segregation to final disposal in the ICU was R$ 4,288.81 a day, being R$ 314.80/bed-patient/day. To know the cost of an activity allows for the analysis of strategies for price negotiation. Health care waste is little remembered when pricing a daily ICU, many managers believe this value to be irrelevant; but< if not measured, it may bring losses to the institution.</p>http://www.revistageas.org.br/ojs/index.php/geas/article/view/289resíduos de serviços de saúde, custos na gestão de resíduos de serviço de saúde, método de custeio abc, custos em saúde |
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Chennyfer Dobbins Paes da Rosa Denise Mathias Claudia da Cunha Komata The Cost of Health Service Waste Management of (HSWM): A Case Study of Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases at a Public Hospital in São Paulo. Revista de Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade resíduos de serviços de saúde, custos na gestão de resíduos de serviço de saúde, método de custeio abc, custos em saúde |
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Chennyfer Dobbins Paes da Rosa Denise Mathias Claudia da Cunha Komata |
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The Cost of Health Service Waste Management of (HSWM): A Case Study of Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases at a Public Hospital in São Paulo. |
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The Cost of Health Service Waste Management of (HSWM): A Case Study of Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases at a Public Hospital in São Paulo. |
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The Cost of Health Service Waste Management of (HSWM): A Case Study of Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases at a Public Hospital in São Paulo. |
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The Cost of Health Service Waste Management of (HSWM): A Case Study of Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases at a Public Hospital in São Paulo. |
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The Cost of Health Service Waste Management of (HSWM): A Case Study of Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases at a Public Hospital in São Paulo. |
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cost of health service waste management of (hswm): a case study of intensive care unit of infectious diseases at a public hospital in são paulo. |
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Universidade Nove de Julho |
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Revista de Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade |
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<p>The Health Service Waste Management is a set of technical and legal procedures for waste management in any type of health facilities. It is known about the limited resources, so reducing environmental costs can contribute to the management of hospital costs. The objective was to estimate the cost of the phases of HSWM to the Intensive Care Unit for public service. Data collecting was done through a script of questions and observations on site at the Emilio Ribas Infectious Diseases Institute in Sao Paulo. The ABC costing method was used. The most costly step was wrapping (40.68%), followed by segregation (40.17%), which is justified by both being associated with health workers’ salaries. The daily cost of the management of health care waste from segregation to final disposal in the ICU was R$ 4,288.81 a day, being R$ 314.80/bed-patient/day. To know the cost of an activity allows for the analysis of strategies for price negotiation. Health care waste is little remembered when pricing a daily ICU, many managers believe this value to be irrelevant; but< if not measured, it may bring losses to the institution.</p> |
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resíduos de serviços de saúde, custos na gestão de resíduos de serviço de saúde, método de custeio abc, custos em saúde |
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