Formulación e implementación del plan de gestión integral de residuos hospitalarios y similares del servicio de atención psicológica de la Universidad Santo Tomás, sede principal Bogotá

Abstract

The Santo Tomás University of Bogotá in its headquarters has a Psychological Attention Service that is authorized by the District Health Secretary as a Health Provider Institution; where every semester the students belonging to the undergraduate and master's programs of the psychology faculty develop their clinical practices since 2003.

This document shows the results obtained from the internship that was developed in the Comprehensive Quality Management Unit of the Santo Tomás University, in which the main result was the formulation and implementation of the management lan for solid hospital waste and similar (PGIRHS) in the psychological care service, in response to the requirement made by the Bogotá District Health Secretary and in compliance with current regulations. The methodology used was based on the manual of procedures for the integral management of hospital solid waste and similar in Colombia, issued by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Environment through Resolution 1164 of 2002.

Initially, a theoretical investigation was carried out where PGIRHS of different IPS were identified, from which the necessary bases were obtained to carry out the formulation and implementation of the plan in the Psychological Attention Service of the university. Subsequently, through information obtained from secondary sources, the diagnostic phase was developed with activities that involved the identification, characterization and quantification of the waste generated within the SAP facilities, and based on these results, the different programs that are part of the PGIRHS were formulated. Subsequently, the programs formulated were implemented and to execute 100% of each one, some actions were proposed that must be approved and processed by the SAP direction and other stakeholders. Finally, some necessary recommendations were formulated to take into account when the SAP moves to the new location to adapt the plan to the new conditions.