ANÁLISE DOS PARÂMETROS DE OPERAÇÃO, DISTRIBUIÇÃO E CONSUMO DOS SISTEMAS CENTRALIZADOS DE GASES MEDICINAIS LOCALIZADOS EM UNIDADES DE SAÚDE NO ESTADO DO MARANHÃO

Abstract

Medical gases are medicines that offer solutions to a wide range of medical needs. Mass casualty events and pandemics pose a substantial challenge to the resources available in our current healthcare system. One of the biggest difficulties for hospitals is the production, storage and distribution of medicinal gases in a way that guarantees continuous, safe, efficient and more economical supply to patients for the State. Standards as well as boundary conditions relating to the storage, distribution and consumption of medical oxygen gases and medical compressed air in Health Care units in the State of Maranhão are analyzed based on values relating to pressure and flow in medical gas plants. Furthermore, an estimate is presented regarding the increase in consumption of these gases in the face of a sudden increase in demand. The analysis and evaluation of the parameters are carried out through inspections and data collection of pressure and flow of oxygen gases and medical compressed air in small, medium and large health units in the state of São Paulo. Therefore, the general analysis of the storage and distribution systems for medicinal gases in the studied hospitals shows that they are well structured and capable of providing quality medical care in different areas of the metropolitan region of São Luis–MA.