With the spread of the new Coronavirus, there was an increase in the generation of contaminated waste. Thus, healthcare waste management (HCWM) became even a greater challenge in hospitals due to Coronavirus easily spread. In this context, it was necessary to create tools that could aid healthcare facilities in evaluating their HCWM. Therefore, the objective of this article was to elaborate a support tool that helps in identifying the shortcomings of hospitals’ HCWM. For this purpose, the Health Service Waste Management Index was developed based on the selection of indicators in the area. The index was applied to six hospitals in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its application meet the purpose of this research, since the results in the form of an index objectively summarize the reality of the HCWM in healthcare facilities. From the six hospitals investigated, four were classified as highly efficient. However, even though most of them were well evaluated, they still have difficulties with properly training their employees, which can be even a worse problem during a pandemic, when every precaution is extremely important to reduce the spread of the disease. Therefore, beyond this article contribution related to sustainability by demanding the hospitals to check which points of HCWM should be improved, it also adds academically by developing a tool with indicators that evaluate operational, human, economic and environmental factors in an innovative way.

随着新的冠状病毒的传播，污染废物的产生增加了。因此，由于冠状病毒易于传播，医疗废物管理（HCWM）在医院中成为更大的挑战。在这种情况下，有必要创建有助于医疗机构评估其HCWM的工具。因此，本文的目的是精心设计一种支持工具，以帮助发现医院的HCWM的缺点。为此，根据该地区指标的选择制定了《卫生服务废物管理指数》。该指数已应用于巴西米纳斯吉莱斯州的六家医院。它的应用满足了本研究的目的，因为索引形式的结果客观地概括了医疗机构中HCWM的现实情况。在接受调查的六家医院中，有四家被归类为高效医院。但是，尽管大多数人都经过了良好的评估，但是他们仍然难以正确地培训员工，在大流行期间，这可能是一个更严重的问题，因为每一种预防措施对于减少疾病的传播都极为重要。因此，除了本文通过要求医院检查应改进的HCWM点之外，还对可持续性做出了贡献之外，它还通过开发带有指标的工具来在学术上进行补充，该指标以创新的方式评估运营，人为，经济和环境因素。当大流行的预防措施对于减少疾病的传播极为重要时，这在大流行期间甚至可能是更严重的问题。因此，除了本文通过要求医院检查应改进的HCWM点之外，还对可持续性做出了贡献之外，它还通过开发带有指标的工具来在学术上进行补充，该指标以创新的方式评估运营，人为，经济和环境因素。当大流行的预防措施对于减少疾病的传播极为重要时，这在大流行期间甚至可能是更严重的问题。因此，除了本文通过要求医院检查应改进的HCWM点之外，还对可持续性做出了贡献之外，它还通过开发带有指标的工具来在学术上进行补充，该指标以创新的方式评估运营，人为，经济和环境因素。