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Hospital waste management status in university hospitals of the Fars province, Iran
- Source :
- International journal of environmental health research. 14(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Hospital waste contains large quantities of hazardous materials. In Iran, as in many developing countries, not much attention has been paid to this matter. Little information is available regarding the generation and disposal of medical waste in Iran, and this fact hinders planning for a better management of the aforementioned waste. This paper describes a survey performed on the collection and disposal of waste in the university hospitals of the Fars province, which are the medical referral centres in the southern half of the country, and the results obtained are fully discussed. The lack of separation between hazardous and non- hazardous waste, an absence of necessary rules and regulations applying to the collection of waste from the hospital wards and the on-site transport to a temporary storage location, a lack of proper waste treatment, disposal of hospital waste along with municipal garbage, insufficient training of personnel, insufficient personal protective equipment and lack of knowledge regarding the proper use of such equipment, were the main findings. For a rapid improvement of existing conditions, performing extensive research for the assessment of present situation in the hospitals of this country, compilation of rules and establishment of standards along with effective training for the personnel is recommended.
- Subjects :
- Data collection
Referral
Waste management
business.industry
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Data Collection
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Developing country
Waste collection
Transportation
General Medicine
Iran
Pollution
Hazardous Substances
Hospitals, University
Waste treatment
Hazardous waste
Medicine
Operations management
Medical Waste Disposal
business
Garbage
Personal protective equipment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09603123
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of environmental health research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f3ef15e2a7a3502b45e207710dc31e79