Healthcare waste management: Current practices in selected healthcare facilities, Botswana

Mbongwe, Bontle; Mmereki, Baagi T.; Magashula, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2006.12.019

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“…The major effects of indiscriminate discharge of wastes of any type are environmental pollution. Major pollution risks are air, soil and water (But 2008). In addition to this, wastes cause unsightly condition and nuisance.…”

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confidence: 99%

Community Risk Perception on Healthcare Wastes in Hospitals and Health Centres of Eastern Ethiopia

Alemayehu¹

2015

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Abstract:Background: Indiscriminate waste disposal by many healthcare facilities pose serious health hazard to the inhabitants in general and people living around health care facilities in particular. Human scavengers collecting second hand objects for reselling could be a channel for speading disease causing organisms. In addition, burning of wastes in small size incinerator at a low temperature releases many toxic gases causing health effects for people living around the facilities. The objective of the study was to assess risk perception of people living around health facilities about healthcare wastes. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted on 438 people in the eastern part of Ethiopia, from August to November 2013. Samples were taken by proportionate allocation to the size of people living within one km radius of 25 health facilities. Questionnaire was administered by a face-to-face interview. Risk perception was classified using a three-point Likert scale from low to high risk. Data were analyzed using STATA software. Bivariate and multi-variable analyses were carried out to determine correlates of risk perception. Result: The magnitude of risk perception for sharp, infectious/pathological wastes and expired drugs was 87%, 93.6%, and 73.1%, respectively. Individuals from urban areas have about 3 times higher odds of increased perceived risk than from rural areas (AOR = 3.02, 95% CI: 1.08-4.32, P = 0.006). On the other hand, people living around the hospitals have 2.5 times higher odds of increased perceived risk than those people living near to health centers (AOR = 2.45, 95% CI : 0.19 -3.04, P = 0.000). Conclusion and recommendation: People involved in this study have high perceived risk for hazardous (infectious and sharp) wastes which might be due to indiscriminate discharges of wastes by the nearby health facilities. It is therefore advisable to dispose wastes in a proper manner in order to minimize public concern.

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Community Risk Perception on Healthcare Wastes in Hospitals and Health Centres of Eastern Ethiopia

Alemayehu¹

2015

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“…However, it is observed that there is a steady global increment of the HCW production worldwide. In middle-and low-income countries, HCW production is sharply increasing due to improved access to healthcare services [5]. In wealthy nations, the increment of HCWGR is attributed to the rapidly aging population which leads to an increasing system usage [6].…”

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Healthcare Waste Generation Worldwide and Its Dependence on Socio-Economic and Environmental Factors

2017

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This paper examines the dependence of the healthcare waste (HCW) generation rate on several social-economic and environmental parameters. Correlations were calculated between the quantities of healthcare waste generated (expressed in kg/bed/day) versus economic indices (GDP, healthcare expenditure per capita), social indices (HDI, IHDI, MPI, life expectancy, mean years of schooling, HIV prevalence, deaths due to tuberculosis and malaria, and under five mortality rate), and an environmental sustainability index (total CO 2 emissions) from 42 countries worldwide. The statistical analysis included the examination of the normality of the data and the formation of linear multiple regression models to further investigate the correlation between those indices and HCW generation rates. Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients were also calculated for all pairwise comparisons. Results showed that the life expectancy, the HDI, the mean years of schooling and the CO 2 emissions positively affect the HCW generation rates and can be used as statistical predictors of those rates. The resulting best reduced regression model included the life expectancy and the CO 2 emissions and explained 85% of the variability of the response.

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“…It shall be performed at the origin of waste generation. Appropriate segregation can contribute significantly to the safe and effective management of clinical waste.The insignificant segregation of clinical waste has become a challenge to be focused upon in many healthcare facilities [11]. Negligence of segregation and inadequate clinical waste management practices by the healthcare facilities may result in the inappropriate disposal of clinical waste and therefore may cause health hazards to community members and adverse effects to the environment.…”

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“…Proper techniques and methods for handling the waste and the practising of safety measures can go a long way towards the safe disposal of clinical waste and protection of the community from various adverse effects of the hazardous waste [6]. In the last few years, many researchers in developing countries have conducted studies on healthcare and clinical waste management in general [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. However, there is an increasingly amount of research on clinical waste but there is no focused research on the effectiveness of the clinical waste segregation practised by healthcare facilities and related obstacles in developing countries in particular.…”

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Clinical Waste Segregation: Towards Implementation and Obstacles in Malaysian Private Clinics

Khanehzaei¹,

BakriIshak²,

Manaf³

et al. 2014

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Healthcare waste management: Current practices in selected healthcare facilities, Botswana

Cited by 115 publications

References 7 publications

Community Risk Perception on Healthcare Wastes in Hospitals and Health Centres of Eastern Ethiopia

Community Risk Perception on Healthcare Wastes in Hospitals and Health Centres of Eastern Ethiopia

Healthcare Waste Generation Worldwide and Its Dependence on Socio-Economic and Environmental Factors

Clinical Waste Segregation: Towards Implementation and Obstacles in Malaysian Private Clinics

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