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Hazardous healthcare waste management in the Kingdom of Bahrain
- Source :
- Waste management (New York, N.Y.). 29(8)
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Hazardous healthcare waste has become an environmental concern for many developing countries including the Kingdom of Bahrain. There have been several significant obstacles facing the Kingdom in dealing with this issue including; limited documentation regarding generation, handling, management, and disposal of waste. This in turn hinders efforts to plan better healthcare waste management. In this paper, hazardous waste management status in the Kingdom has been investigated through an extensive survey carried out on selected public and private healthcare premises. Hazardous waste management practices including: waste generation, segregation, storage, collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal were determined. The results of this study along with key findings are discussed and summarized. In addition; several effective recommendations and improvements of hazardous waste management are suggested.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Hazardous Waste
Waste management
business.industry
Public sector
Transportation
Private sector
Medical Waste
Waste treatment
Documentation
Hazardous waste
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
Bahrain
Private healthcare
Health Facilities
Medical Waste Disposal
business
Waste Management and Disposal
Waste disposal
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18792456
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....81fc856eccfb6b0d1cc7c69cf88c6db5