Medical waste management in Jordan: A study at the King Hussein Medical Center

Oweis, Rami J.; Al‐Widyan, Mohamad I.; Al-Limoon, Ohood

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2005.03.011

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“…The methodology to be adopted for this study follows that used by Oweis et al (2005). This includes a twostage strategy:…”

Section: Research Design and Methodologymentioning

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Medical Waste Management Practices in a Southern African Hospital

Abor¹

2010

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management

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This study examined the medical waste management practices of a hospital in Southern Africa. The results revealed that the hospital does not quantify medical waste. Segregation of medical wastes into infectious medical waste and non-infectious medical waste is not conducted according to definite rules and standards. Separation of medical waste and municipal waste is however practiced to a satisfactory extent. Wheeled trolleys are used for on-site transportation of waste from the points of production to the temporary storage area. Staff responsible for collecting medical waste use almost completes personal protective equipment. Offsite transportation of the hospital waste is undertaken by a private waste management company. Small pickups are mainly used to transport waste daily to an off-site area for treatment and disposal. The main treatment method used in the final disposal of infectious waste is incineration. Noninfectious waste is disposed off using land disposal method. The study showed that the hospital does not have a policy and plan in place for managing medical waste. There are a number of problems the hospital faces in terms of medical waste management, including; lack of necessary rules, regulations and instructions on the different aspects of collections and disposal of waste, failure to quantify the waste generated in reliable records, lack of use of coloured bags by limiting the bags to only one colour for all waste, the absence of a dedicated waste manager, and no committee responsible for monitoring the management of medical waste. Recommendations are given with the aim of improving medical waste management in hospitals. @JASEM

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“…The methodology to be adopted for this study follows that used by Oweis et al (2005). This includes a twostage strategy:…”

Section: Research Design and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Medical Waste Management Practices in a Southern African Hospital

Abor¹

2010

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management

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“…According to different sources including the WHO (WHO, 2005), SHCW is often classified into these categories: (i) non-risk solid waste such as recyclable and biodegradable wastes; (ii) solid waste that requires special attention such as human anatomical waste, sharps, pharmaceuticals, cyto-toxic chemicals, blood and body fluids; and (iii) highly infectious and radioactive wastes (Lee and Huffman, 1996;Nemathaga et al, 2008;Oweis et al, 2005;WHO, 2000). Another type of major hazardous waste is infectious waste (Lee and Huffman, 1996;WHO, 2005).…”

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Solid health care waste management status at health care centers in the West Bank – Palestinian Territory

Al‐Khatib

Sato

2009

Waste Management

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“…As a consequence, public concern has been raised over waste and pollution problems (Williams 2005). In the last few decades, social behaviour together with development of lifestyles and consumption patterns have resulted in a problematic situation which increases the amount of waste produced (Oweis, 2005). It was found that, out of the 146 kg of household waste generated per capita in the EU in 2013, an average of 45.3% went to landfill (Eurostat Statistics Explained, 2015).…”

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A system dynamics approach for enhancing social behaviours regarding the reuse of packaging

Babader

Jones

Wang

2016

Expert Systems with Applications

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There have been many attempts to reduce the amount of waste packaging through open dumping and burning, recycling, landfill, incineration, etc. However, there has been little attention paid to reuse as the simplest way to reduce waste. In order to motivate consumers to perform reuse behaviour, it is essential to understand how this behaviour can be influenced and what variables predict it. This paper aims to study the effectiveness of improving social aspects of reuse behaviour and investigate the variables that lead to increased reuse behaviour in a short time period. This paper selects a quantitative approach, the System Dynamics (SD) method, which offers a means by which to highlight the dynamics and interrelationships among the different social aspects in reuse behaviour. Different social aspects are extracted from Cognitive Behaviour Theory (CBT) as a basis with the Theory of Planning Behaviour (TOPB). The authors develop a Social Behaviour Aspect Model (SBAM) with three predictors: information values, awareness-changing variables and behavioural adaptation variables. The paper demonstrates its utility with a report on recent empirical study that has used the model to provide important new findings about different social aspects to enhance reuse behaviour. These findings have clear implications for the packaging industry who intend to enhance reuse behaviour amongst consumers, encouraging them to take corrective and preventive actions at an early stage.

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Medical waste management in Jordan: A study at the King Hussein Medical Center

Cited by 65 publications

References 3 publications

Medical Waste Management Practices in a Southern African Hospital

Medical Waste Management Practices in a Southern African Hospital

Solid health care waste management status at health care centers in the West Bank – Palestinian Territory

A system dynamics approach for enhancing social behaviours regarding the reuse of packaging

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