| Autor: |
Ali Hosseinzadeh, Mir Amir Mohammad Reshadi, Morteza Nazaripour, Masomeh Rezaei |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 142-146 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2345-3990 |
| DOI: |
10.34172/jaehr.1274 |
| Popis: |
Background: Solid waste management is one of the important aspects of the hospital management.Methods: In this study, we examined the quantity and composition of medical solid waste in eight private hospitals in Tehran. For this purpose, a checklist was used through interviews with hospital waste management staff as well as collecting information on hospital waste generation. The annual average of obtained data was analyzed in this study.Results: The results indicated that the private hospitals under study generated solid waste ranging from 24 to 1091 kg/day. The average medical waste generation in the studied privative hospitals was 4 kg/bed/day equal to 5.09 kg/patient/day. Common waste accounted for 70.73% of total hospital solid waste, while infectious and sharp waste accounted for 31.04% of the hospital solid waste. Infectious wastes were disinfected using autoclave in all hospitals.Conclusion: Segregation of infectious waste from hospital waste mass reduces the environmental and health risk of hospital waste and reduces the cost of waste management in private hospitals. |
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