Insufficient implementation of wastewater disposal and municipal waste recycling in healthcare facilities in Serbia
| Autor: | Matić Branislava, Jovanović Verica, Jovanović Ljiljana, Šerović Radmila, Rakić Uroš |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Serbian |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Tehnika, Vol 72, Iss 1, Pp 137-142 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0040-2176 2560-3086 |
| DOI: | 10.5937/tehnika1701137M |
| Popis: | Besides acquiring health services, healthcare facilities present a substantial environmental health risk through diagnostics, therapeutic and laboratory practice. Wastewaters from these procedures are a heterogeneous mixture including toxic chemicals, microorganisms, radioisotopes and hormones. Our aim was to point at the existing flaws in managing liquid waste within the all-level healthcare system in Serbia. Cross-section study was implemented in a sample of 45 facilities. Questionnaire was used as a survey tool focusing on wastewater treatment and laboratory analysis. Pretreatment is implemented in only three facilities, while in 9 out of 45(20%) facilities regular laboratory tests of the efluent are practiced. Within the sample of 212 facilities questioned for municipal waste recycling practice, 50% recycles all streams available for recycling, while 50% does not include this process into its regular daily agenda. |
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