Valutazione igienico-sanitaria della raccolta e smaltimento dei rifiuti biologici di pazienti non autosufficienti con sistema tradizionale e con monouso

«The disposal of biological wastes of non self-sufficient patients with a disposable system». The dsposal of biological wastes of non self-sufficient patients is a Hospital hygiene problem. The authors describe a study on 23 wards of 11 hospitals in the Marche Region, where the experimentation of a disposable system has been carried out. In comparison with traditional systems, the economical convenience, the ease of management, the environmental hygienic safety and the compliance of patients and health care workers have been evaluated. The study employed questionnaires, inspections and environmental bacteriologicai examinations. The results confirmed the disposable system benefits compared with traditional systems for all the aspects examined; moreover, patients and nurses prefered the disposable system.