MEDICAL WASTEDISPOSAL METHODSMANAGEMENTFACILITIESSERVICESRISKThere are increasing worldwide concerns about the negative impacts of healthcare waste generated in hospitals, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Hazardous type of waste can contribute to adverse effects both in human populations and ...
Analysis of the healthcare waste management status in Tehran hospitals. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering. 2014;12(1):1-5.Malekahmadi F, Yunesian M. Analysis of the healthcare waste management status in Tehran hospitals. J Environ Health Sci Eng 2014; 12(1): 116....
Healthcare waste is produced from various therapeutic procedures performed in hospitals, such as chemotherapy, dialysis, surgery, delivery, resection of gangrenous organs, autopsy, biopsy, injections, etc. These result in the production of non-hazardous waste (75–95%) and hazardous waste (10–25%...
A survey was carried out in six major hospitals in Jos metropolis. The findings indicated that these hospitals fell below the recommended waste management practices as prescribed by World Health Organization and other regulatory authorities. Wastes were not segregated, and were inappropriately disposed. ...
Waste management in healthcare establishments within Jos Metropolis, Nigeria The findings indicated that these hospitals fell below the recommended waste management practices as prescribed by World Health Organization and other regulatory... N Ngwuluka,N Ochekpe,P Odumosu,... - 《African Journal of ...
The study has been conducted in the government hospitals only to reveal the per day waste generation on each patient, present mode of waste management within the units bed, our suggestions which will help the units to improve their waste management practices, in Katsina State, Nigeria....
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection controlinvites participating authors to submit to our Collection on 'Clean Hospitals: Healthcare Environmental Hygiene and Patient Safety.' Although the healthcare environment tends to be one of the most understudied and underfunded areas in infection prevention and cont...
The total amount of waste from hospitals is even estimated at 4.8 million tons per year. In this context, the Corona test kit illustrates a dilemma that applies to the entire healthcare sector: the conundrum between recycling and reusability on one hand, and patient safety and sterility on ...
The projects presented include: (i) Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (development of the national environmental health training system to support the introduction of environmental health standards and improvement of healthcare waste treatment in seven main hospitals by introducing steam-based treatment ...
Heavy metal waste management—side products of industries and electronic waste AmolNande, ...S.J.Dhoble, in360-Degree Waste Management, Volume 2, 2023 9.2.4Medical waste Medical waste is the waste produced in hospitals, pharmaceutical industries, laboratories, or any other health-related practice....