The creation and monitoring of a network for solid healthcare waste management

Maamari, Olivia; Moujaes, Fady; Keyrouz, Robert; Obeid, Dany; Asmar, Michèle Kosremelli; Brandam, Cédric; Lteif, Roger; Salameh, Dominique

doi:10.1504/ijewm.2015.068937

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“…The key predicator variable that helped the scourge in figure was lack of personal hygiene and purposeless administration/management of wastes. Most recently, worldwide discussion on medical wastes management has been extended to incorporate a bigger natural motivation for healthcare institutions and a development towards greener hospitals [13].…”

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Awareness Level of Workers in the Management of Medical Waste Generated from Hospitals in Bayelsa State

Ikpokpo¹,

Ogbonna²,

Abere³

et al. 2022

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There is an increase awareness of the public on the dangers associated with the improper disposal of medical waste in this country predominantly waste contaminated with communicable disease agent. Given the general lack of knowledge and effective practice of medical waste documentation about the composition of bio-hazardous waste and the large amount generated, it becomes so difficult to evaluate strategies for waste reduction. The present work presents awareness level of workers in the management of medical waste generated from hospitals in Bayelsa State. The study aimed at assessing the awareness levels and knowledge on the documentation of medical waste among healthcare workers in the various healthcare institutions. The waste generated were weighed kg at source (various unit) for days, week monthly for a period of 3nonths at various unit in the health facilities. Other relevant data were obtained via well-structured questionnaire, and considering the Cochran formula, a sample size of 300 was obtained. Data were further analysed using simple percentage, frequency and charts. Result indicated that there was very poor awareness level of workers in the management of medical waste generated from hospitals in Bayelsa State, and that the level of knowledge on waste documentation as a practice of medical waste management was poor and supercilious in a twenty first century medical waste management process. Thus, it was recommended that the concern government agency should carry out sensitization, awareness, training and retraining of medical workers at the various healthcare institutions on effective medical waste management. Staff of the various hospitals should be properly trained on significance of documentation of waste generated in the various unit on the health facility and there should be provision of all medical waste management infrastructures to cushion the likely impact of these wastes on the on the workers and the general environment.

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Awareness Level of Workers in the Management of Medical Waste Generated from Hospitals in Bayelsa State

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Ogbonna²,

Abere³

et al. 2022

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“…"arcenciel" monitors IHCW quantities and reports them to the Ministry of the Environment. As required by the Lebanese decree 13389; 2004, the Ministry of the Environment monitors the whole system and "arcenciel" facilities through environmental impact assessments, audits, and regular reports (Maamari et al, 2015a). Thus, the main stakeholders involved in the Health Care Waste Management sector in Lebanon include the Ministry of Environment (monitoring entity), the health care centers (IHCW producers and operator's clients), the academic and scientific sector (that contributes in establishing standards and procedures) and the IHCW collection and treatment operators (mainly "arcenciel" for the time being, that implements standards and procedures).…”

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“…The majority of these persons are low-qualified or in social reinsertion (ex-prisoners, ex-drugs addicts, etc.) (Maamari et al, 2015a).…”

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Indicators of Sustainable Development for Health Care Waste Treatment Industry

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Brandam³

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Sustainable development is more and more considered as a key parameter and a driving strategy for sustainable performance. Today, numerous organizations develop their own performance indicators as no standard set of performance indicators could be generalized as meaningful in terms of sustainability performance. Particularly, the context of developing countries, where the concept of sustainability is not well diffused yet and where economic difficulties and constraints result most of the times in underestimation of environmental and social considerations, requires specifically adapted indicators. Specially, the sector of health care waste management lacks of sustainability indicators. This sector ensures the treatment, before disposal, of hazardous health care waste generated by health care centers (hospitals, clinics, and others). The evaluation system is designed for monitoring the pace of gaining sustainability within this sector. The objective of this article is to propose a sustainability evaluation system adapted to the needs and situation of developing countries, based on meaningful, practical, easily measurable and applicable indicators for the Infectious Health Care Waste (IHCW) Treatment sector.

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The creation and monitoring of a network for solid healthcare waste management

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Awareness Level of Workers in the Management of Medical Waste Generated from Hospitals in Bayelsa State

Awareness Level of Workers in the Management of Medical Waste Generated from Hospitals in Bayelsa State

Indicators of Sustainable Development for Health Care Waste Treatment Industry

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