The implementation of an internal health surveillance system in a public hospital institution. A implementação de um sistema interno de vigilância sanitária em uma instituição hospitalar pública.

The objective of this study is to report the implementation of the Technical Commission for Follow-up and Advising of the Sanitary Licensing Process at the Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, located in Uberaba-MG, Brazil. The method used is through the analysis of the sanitary inspection report issued by the Municipal and State Sanitary Surveillance Service on the survey carried out in the care and support units in that hospital institution. The data obtained were entered in Microsoft Excel®, and a descriptive analysis was performed. The results show the irregularities mentioned in the Inspection Report of the Sanitary Surveillance Service. The benefits generated after the implementation of the Technical Committee for Monitoring and Advising the Sanitary Licensing Process, optimized the technical routines and allowed advance in quality standards focused on internal policies. There were found 496 (100%) inadequacies. Specifically, of these inadequacies, 248 (50%) were for physical infrastructure, 199 (40%) for technical procedures, 49 (10%) for human resources. Advances in the search for quality in the services offered at the hospital provided internal improvement in care, flows and processes.