Avaliação da percepção dos trabalhadores do hospital central de Maputo sobre o contributo da educação ambiental no processo da lavagem e desinfecção da roupa hospitalar

Abstract

This research evaluates the perception of workers at the Maputo Central Hospital on the contribution of Environmental Education in the process of washing and disinfecting Clothing Hospital at HCM. The research follows a qualitative approach, having adopted as technical procedures, a field study, based on observation and interview. A sampling used was non-probabilistic for convenience, with five interviewees HCM hospital laundry workers. With the study, it was concluded that washing and Disinfecting hospital linen is a complex process that encompasses several phases. Furthermore, despite the fact that most of the waste found here does not result from activities washing, as they arrive with the clothes, the washing process generates liquid waste with high level of toxicity for the environment. In this way, it is concluded that this research can contribute to the design of strategies and methods for treating waste from hospital laundry, and developing awareness-raising activities among healthcare staff on the importance of hospital and extra-hospital environmental care. Therefore It is recommended that laundry managers disseminate and discuss the relationship more widely Man-environment, especially related to environmental risks related to his activity, as well as the creation of mechanisms or forms for the internal reuse of treated wastewater, as it is discarded after treatment.