ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE WASTE OF HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES DE PORTOVIEJO, 2020

Abstract

The remnants of hospital activities cause countless negative vestiges in the context that affect the environment either in the short, medium, or long term. In this sense, the following research article is developed with the aim of evaluating the audit process of environmental management of waste at Hospital de Especialidades de Portoviejo, framed in a non-experimental design methodology, with a mixed approach and exploratory, descriptive, field, and bibliographic. Applying the questionnaire and the interview as a data collection technique aimed at 7 people who make up the study sample. Among the main results obtained in the research are the environmental deficiencies within the Hospital de Especialidades de Portoviejo, as it does not have a professional in the field of environmental engineering and since there is no evidence of environmental audits carried out to evaluate the risks inherent in this activity. This situation generates a problem that can have great negative impacts on the hospital and the environment, since the activity of these establishments generates incidents in the environment that without proper processing could raise latent dangers against the well-being of the individual and its context; therefore, it is assumed that a hospital environmental management policy is necessary. It is recommended to take the actions required to formulate policies that focus on the prevention of environmental risks, through evaluative audits that promote efficient waste management and environmental care.

Keywords: Audit, management, waste, hospital, environment.