Auditoría de gestión ambiental al manejo de desechos infecciosos y especiales de los Centros Médicos de las parroquias urbanas del cantón Cuenca: caso práctico Fundación Donum

Abstract

The development of the research involves the design and implementation of an Environmental Management Audit methodology monitoring infectious and special wastes, observing the ISO 19011-2011 criteria for determining the audit’s evidence with a framework. The results obtained during the investigation are based on the structure of a conceptual framework of the audit, the Environmental Management Audit design methodology of Infectious and Special Waste and, the results of applying this methodology. This research covers health centers in urban places of the canton Cuenca, with emphasis on Donum Foundation, but it is not an investigation that will convey results for a view of the wide national situation.