Biomedical Waste Disposal System In A Hospital

Why Hospital Waste Management Is Important to the Environment?: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Generally, hospital waste management encompasses the processes of segregation, collection, storage, transportation, treatment to disposal (Mmereki, Baldwin, Li, & Liu, 2017). However, in this systematic literature review, studies mentioned the absence of waste practices (Baaki et al, 2018;Gunawardana, 2018;Kalaivani, 2017;Rajan et al, 2018;Tfaily & Moussa, 2020) This is most likely due to a lack of appropriate utilities, awareness, and a lack of enforcement of laws and regulations. The findings show that the government, hospital management, and staff all play a role in implementing the right practices required by law and procedure.…”

“…The total hospital waste generated is composed of 55% noninfectious waste, 15% infectious waste, 25% bio-hazardous waste, 2% sharps waste, and 3% chemical waste is the generation in these hospitals (Ali et al, 2017). Some methods of diagnosis and treatment produce more waste than others (Kalaivani, 2017). Several types of waste were found, which could be classified as sharps, including syringes and needles, ampoules and vials, saline bags, and infusion sets.…”

“…Hospital waste may pollute the air and water. Pollution refers to substances in the natural environment that are the result of human activity that might harm humans, animals, or the environment (Kalaivani, 2017).…”