The control of hygienic and sanitary conditions in ports and vessels plays an important role in
the context of public health, since they are places of great movement of people and entry
points for products and travelers, with a high potential to produce serious damage to public
health , especially in periods of pandemic. In this context, this work aimed to carry out a
diagnosis of the hygienic and sanitary conditions of the port infrastructure and passenger
transport vessels in Santarém-PA, providing information related to the water supply system,
sanitary sewage, solid waste management, routines and sanitation and disinfection practices
for physical and sanitary facilities, as well as information on the adoption of measures to
prevent and combat the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus. For this,
consultations were carried out with the authorities responsible for the actions in those spaces,
conducted applied in loco, questionnaires were prepared based on RDC Nº 72 of 2009
regarding the Technical Regulation aimed at promoting health in sanitary control ports
located in the territory national, and vessels transiting through them and in Technical Note Nº
47, which deals with sanitary measures to be adopted in ports and vessels, against the cases of
the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19), ambassadors of the National Health
Surveillance Agency , the questionnaires were mandatory in the first half of 2021 in port
terminals and 24 vessels in Santarém-PA, 12 with intracity and 12 intercity destinations. The
results show that the water supply of the vessels, in its majority, is carried out by the supply
system of the ports. For solid waste management. Most vessels do not segregate solid waste
and solid waste disposal is carried out directly into water bodies and collectors are not enough
and adequate. Regarding the sanitary effluents for the studied objects, the majority is
discharged directly into the water body. The visual aspect of cleaning is between good and
regular for the vessels and for the port. With regard to measures to combat the pandemic,
compliance or partial assistance was observed in 42% of the intracity vessels and 25% of the
intercity vessels. These results demonstrate that there is a need for improvements in the
hygienic and sanitary conditions of the vessels and in the port area of Santarém-PA,
considering the importance of this mode of transport in the region and that these facilities are
essential for promoting health and containing the spread of diseases, especially in pandemic
periods.
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