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Infectious Waste Disposal in Developing Countries: Recommended Minimal Practices from a Hospital Survey in Southeast Asia

Infectious Waste Disposal in Developing Countries: Recommended Minimal Practices from a Hospital... When managed ineffectively, infectious hospital wastes in developing countries cancompromise the quality of patient care and create significant occupational, public, andenvironmental health risks. Three types of hospital facilities in a developing countrywere studied to assess waste separation, transport, treatment, and disposal practices. Thestaff of a municipal General Hospital (1,650 beds) did not appropriately separate wastesand disposed of untreated solid wastes by surface dumping near the hospital grounds,pending municipal collection and disposal in an unsecured landfill. While personnel of arural Divisional Hospital (150 beds) did not effectively separate sharps from other formsof medical waste, they disposed of all solid wastes on hospital grounds in a securedground pit, followed by burning and soil cover. Workers at a rural Township Hospital (25beds) separated wastes and disposed of them by; (i) burning general and most medicalwastes in a ground pit, (ii) using a separate pit with metal cover and delivery tube toburn needle and other sharps, and (iii) incinerating all forms of paper wastes. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Biological Safety Association SAGE

Infectious Waste Disposal in Developing Countries: Recommended Minimal Practices from a Hospital Survey in Southeast Asia

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SAGE
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© 2000 American Biological Safety Association
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1091-3505
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10.1177/109135050000500204
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Abstract

When managed ineffectively, infectious hospital wastes in developing countries cancompromise the quality of patient care and create significant occupational, public, andenvironmental health risks. Three types of hospital facilities in a developing countrywere studied to assess waste separation, transport, treatment, and disposal practices. Thestaff of a municipal General Hospital (1,650 beds) did not appropriately separate wastesand disposed of untreated solid wastes by surface dumping near the hospital grounds,pending municipal collection and disposal in an unsecured landfill. While personnel of arural Divisional Hospital (150 beds) did not effectively separate sharps from other formsof medical waste, they disposed of all solid wastes on hospital grounds in a securedground pit, followed by burning and soil cover. Workers at a rural Township Hospital (25beds) separated wastes and disposed of them by; (i) burning general and most medicalwastes in a ground pit, (ii) using a separate pit with metal cover and delivery tube toburn needle and other sharps, and (iii) incinerating all forms of paper wastes.

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Journal of the American Biological Safety Association – SAGE

Published: Jun 1, 2000

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