The study was conducted to determine the quantities of waste generated in selected hospitals in Ibadan Metropolis Nigeria and examine the factors that influenced the choice of methods and facilities used in managing waste generated. Eight hospitals were selected through systematic random sampling procedure...
Hospitals are important sites for the generation of hazardous waste. Each hospital has its own profile for the generation and transportion of waste according to its location. It is extremely important to manage hospital generated waste properly in order to avoid health and environmental risks. This...
The amount of waste generated in hospitals depends upon various factors such as the number of beds, types of health services provided, economic, social and cultural status of the patients and the general condition of the area where the hospital is situated [3]. During our field survey, it wa...
In contrast, most surgeons in American hospitals visit with patients in the pre-operative room, prepare the patient’s surgical site, and help clean up the patient after the surgery, she said. Also, Aravind has designed processes to ensure that recycled supplies are properly sterilized for ...
There are also many waste items in a hospital that can be recycled rather than put into a general waste container. Here are some ways that waste in hospitals can be managed more efficiently: Nonhazardous Waste Though hospitals generate plenty of hazardous waste, much of the waste generated is...
Just as with any other large building, complex, or organization, the amount of standard MSW and non-medical waste that is generated is staggering, and without proper waste management systems, there is always the potential for it to end up in landfill. ...
It is estimated that quantity of waste generated from hospitals in our country ranges from 0.5-2 kg/bed/day and annually 0.33 million tons of waste is generated in India [2]. The waste generated in the hospitals and institutions essentially consists of solids and liquid, which may be ...
Healthcare wastescome from the hospitals, research institutes, and veterinary institutes because of the diagnosis, treatment, and/or immunization of humans as well as animals; they are no different in generating wastes as like the other industries. Healthcare wastes threaten the ecosystem because they...
In this context, we have evaluated the waste generated by the Kingdom of Bahrain, estimated to be 35.480 kg/day (face masks), 1894 kg/day (PPEs) by the selected health facilities, 16,633.505 kg (vaccination-related) and 53,551.240 kg (related to tests conducted so far) in the King...
Amid the pandemic, several hospitals and healthcare settings considered incineration one of the best options for medical waste disposal as it restricted the spread of the virus to a greater extent. For instance, according to the World Health Organization published in February 2022, approximately 97.0...