Medical Waste Management at Upazila Level in Bangladesh
Publish Year: 1393
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 12 آبان 1393
Abstract:
The study was conducted at healthcare establishments of Abhaynagar Upazila of Jessore District in Bangladesh to quantify amount of medical waste (MW) generated from the medical services; determine physical composition of MW; find out the correlation of waste quantity with relevant factors; identify problems and develop future guideline regarding management. The average waste generation rate was 37.11 kg/hospital, 1.56 kg/bed/day, and 1.90 kg/patient/day. The hazardous waste wasrecorded 9.71%, whereas, non-hazardous waste 90.29%. MW consisted eight categories of waste materials with vegetable/food being the largest component (74%), and varied significantly (p≤0.05) among other hospitals surveyed. The quantity of MW was positively correlated with the number of occupied beds (R^2=0.898, P≤0.05) and with the number of patients (R^2=0.785, P≤0.05). Separate legislation must be formulated to address the issue of medical waste management as a separate environmental mandate and regular supervision of them are very much necessary.
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Md Lokman Hossain
Tropical & International Forestry, University of Goettingen, ۳۷۰۷۷ Gottingen, Germany
Md. Jaseem Uddin
Institute of Forestry & Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh