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

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...

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Main Authors: Janini Cristina Paiz, Marcio Bigolin, Vania Elisabete Schneider, Nilva Lúcia Rech Stedile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000600942&lng=en&tlng=en