Análise de patologias em estruturas de unidades básicas de saúde da cidade de Curitiba

Abstract

Building pathologies are commonly found in Brazilian public buildings. This reflects a widespread problem within the design, construction and maintenance sectors, which in turn, negatively impacts the comfort, health and safety of users. This is of particular importance for public health infrastructure. This work presents an analysis of the current situation of public buildings structures of the city of Curitiba, focusing on Basic Health Units (UBS). Firstly, a statistically adequate number of UBSs to be inspected was estimated and defined. Afterwards the technical inspections with the in loco data collection were made. Lastly the criteria for the building pathology evaluation was stablished. The analyzes showed a probable constructive defect of UBS buildings due to inadequate waterproofing and lack of lintels structures, which respectively led to the development of dampness and cracking associated pathologies in most UBSs. In addition, many anomalies were also caused by design failures and maintenance neglect. After the definition of parameters to rate the UBSs conservation state, an overall grade was given to the Curitiba’s UBSs of 7  3, with 95% reliability on this assertion, classifying the structures as Minimum criticality risk. Based on these results, it is possible to conclude that although the UBS’s structures were awarded a positive grade, the detected cases of building pathologies in critical situations cannot be ignored, they need adequate maintenance work so they can keep fulfilling their purpose of servicing the health public sector.