Applying Nightingale charts to evaluate the heterogeneity of biomedical waste in a Hospital

• Egile Nagusiak: Janini Cristina Paiz (Egilea), Marcio Bigolin (Egilea), Vania Elisabete Schneider (Egilea), Nilva Lúcia Rech Stedile (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Universidade de São Paulo, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the heterogeneity of biomedical waste (BW) using Nightingale charts.METHOD: cross-sectional study consisting of data collection on wastes (direct observation of receptacles, physical characterisation, and gravimetric composition), development of a Management Information Syste...