Insufficient implementation of wastewater disposal and municipal waste recycling in healthcare facilities in Serbia

Matic, Branislava; Jovanović, Verica; Jovanović, Ljiljana S.; Šerović, Radmila M.; Rakic, Uros

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“…Considering the fact that Serbian state is in the process of pre-accession to the EU, with inevitable opening of the Chapter 27, for the broad field of overall environment protection, it is of utmost importance to approach the problem of wastewater management through a series of concrete activities, among which regulating disposal of wastewater from healthcare facilities should also be included. Mentioning this "industrial" branch is not unimportant for the issue of this manuscript, as newly adopted regulation take this wastewater type into account as "municipal wastewater", which it surely is not, due to heavy presence of very diverse toxic substances and microbial agents in them [18].…”

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Industrial wastewater monitoring in the public health institutions in Serbia

Matić¹,

Đuranović²,

Spasović³

et al. 2018

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Wastewater disposal is recognized by the public health sector for its potential negative environmental health impact. This paper is a cross-sectional study, for an observational period from 2015-2017, with an aim to present the scope of involvement of public health institutions in monitoring of industrial wastewaters. Wastewaters were sampled from industrial facilities of chemical, food-processing, mining-smelting and energy, transport, service, wood-processinga and textile production origin. As a study tool we used a database of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, being filled-in with data from the local IPHs, analyzing wastewater quality on contract basis. In total, summing results from three consecutive years, 13392 wastewater samples were collected and analyzed, of which 44.79% (5999) did not comply to the adopted national standards. By observing wastewater treatment dynamics, generating from the legal entities whose samples were analyzed, it appears that it is insufficiently implemented. In all three monitoring years treatment persisted in less than 50% of facilities, which can be linked to the fact that parameters burdening samples at its most are: suspended and sediment matter, chemical oxygen demand, biological oxygen demand, ammonia, fats and oils, etc. The fact that most of the effluents are disposed of directly into natural watercourses indicates the constantly present risk for both environment and health.

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Industrial wastewater monitoring in the public health institutions in Serbia

Matić¹,

Đuranović²,

Spasović³

et al. 2018

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Improving the monitoring of water supply, sanitation and hygiene in health institutions

Spasović¹,

Jovanović²

2018

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Obezbeđenje zdravstveno ispravne vode za piće, sanitacije i higijene (WASH) u zdravstvenim ustanovama ima centralno mesto u dostizanju univerzalnog i jednakog pristupa WASH-u za sve. Dobro organizovano snabdevanje zdravstveno ispravnom vodom za piće, sanitacija i higijena u zdravstvenim ustanovama je od suštinskog značaja za zdravlje pacijenata, osiguranje kvaliteta nege, prevenciju i kontrolu infekcija, suzbijanje antimikrobne rezistencije i poboljšanje ekološke održivosti zdravstvenog sistema. Unapređenje i održavanje WASH-a u zdravstvenim ustanovama je kamen temeljac u dostizanju Ciljeva održivog razvoja (SDG), naročito SDG 6: Obezbeđenje dostupnosti i održivog upravljanja vodom i sanitacijom za sve i SDG 3: Obezbeđenje zdravog života i promovisanje blagostanja za sve u svim uzrastima.

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Insufficient implementation of wastewater disposal and municipal waste recycling in healthcare facilities in Serbia

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Industrial wastewater monitoring in the public health institutions in Serbia

Industrial wastewater monitoring in the public health institutions in Serbia

Improving the monitoring of water supply, sanitation and hygiene in health institutions

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