The objective of this work was to carry out a diagnosis of the management of waste from health services in two hospitals in Serra Talhada - PE, one large and the other medium-sized, which are regional and state references. An exploratory, descriptive, bibliographic and field study was carried out, aiming to observe, analyze, correlate and describe events or phenomena (variables), without manipulating them, through data collection. The data obtained were presented in a summarized form and described for easy understanding, making the information obtained more viable to be compared with other data from future works. It was noticed that there is a need for more theoretical and practical deepening of the professionals and that there is work overload for the service managers, which, in turn, causes an impact on the management process and makes it difficult for the teams to correctly operate in the collection stages and packaging. The two establishments targeted by the study have a Health Service Waste Management Plan (PGRSS).