Biomedical waste management practices in a tertiary care hospital: a descriptive study in Srinagar, Garhwal, India

Lohani, Naman; Dixit, Sumeet

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20170274

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“…This might be due to the less trained sanitation staff in the facilities. This is similar to that reported by Lohani et al [15].…”

Section: Problems With Implementationsupporting

confidence: 93%

Assessment of Biomedical Waste Management in Health Facilities of Uttar Pradesh: An Observational Study

Dixit¹,

Bansal²,

Jain³

et al. 2021

Cureus

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BackgroundBiomedical waste management has recently emerged as an issue of major concern for every health facility and healthcare provider due to human and environmental hazards. As per government guidelines, every health facility, either large medical institutes or small clinics, should ensure appropriate biomedical waste management at their facilities level. ObjectiveTo assess biomedical waste management in various health care facilities of Etawah district. MethodologyIt was a facility-based cross-sectional assessment that included government and private health facilities. The selection of facilities was done based on a simple random sampling method. All the people in charge of concerned health care facilities were interviewed to know the current biomedical waste management situation concerning health facilities and the problems they face in biomedical waste management. Health care professionals' knowledge was also assessed. ResultsA total of 56 health care facilities (HCFs) from both government and private sectors were selected. Biomedical waste guidelines are mainly available at tertiary care centers (93%) and secondary care centers (51.5%). Awareness among doctors related to hazards and prevention of hazards (<0.001), knowledge of unused sharps (0.048), contact with a blood-related product (0.003), hazardous waste (<0.001), and need for training (<0.001) are statistically significant with respect to nurses. ConclusionsGovernment of India guidelines on biomedical waste management (BMW) are in place, but the use of guidelines currently is not up to the mark or at a satisfactory level. Spreading awareness of the BMW guidelines and their strict implementation is the need of the hour.

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“…This might be due to the less trained sanitation staff in the facilities. This is similar to that reported by Lohani et al [15].…”

Section: Problems With Implementationsupporting

confidence: 93%

Assessment of Biomedical Waste Management in Health Facilities of Uttar Pradesh: An Observational Study

Dixit¹,

Bansal²,

Jain³

et al. 2021

Cureus

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“…In this study it was found that 71% of the participants from the government institute and 81% of the participants from the private institute had training in biomedical waste management, compared to 68% of the nurses who participated in a study done by Lohani N et al (5) .…”

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confidence: 67%

Impact of Fast Foods and Snacks Upon Adolescents’ BMI at Secondary Schools in Baghdad City

Saleh¹,

́ala²

2020

MLU

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Introduction: Biomedical waste is "Any waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or during research" in a hospital. Improper disposal of hospital waste poses a major threat to the environment. Lack of proper management, awareness, insufficient resources and poor control of disposal of waste are the most pressing problems faced .Objective: To compare the knowledge, attitude and practice of hospital waste management in nursing staffs and nursing assistants of a private and government tertiary care hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.Methodology: This is a cross sectional study done in a private and a government tertiary care teaching institute on 300 nursing staff (150 from each) using an orally administered structured questionnaire. The data were entered into excel and analysis was done.Result: Of the 150 participants from government hospital 71% had training in BMW management, 82% knew where to report in case of a needle stick injury, 61% perceived that they have adequate knowledge regarding BMW management, 98% were willing to attend programmes regarding BMW. 73% had good knowledge regarding BMW management. 90% practice good management of BMW.Of the 150 participants from private hospital 81%had training in BMW management, 79% knew where to report in case of needle stick injury, 67% perceived that they have adequate knowledge regarding BMW management, 95% were willing to attend programs regarding BMW management. 74% had good knowledge. 85% practice good management of BMW. Conclusion:The knowledge, attitude and practice of BMW management among nurses and nursing assistants of the private and the government hospital are found to be satisfactory. There is no significant difference (at p<0.05) in the knowledge, attitude and practice of BMW management among the nurses and nursing assistants of both the hospitals.

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“…Segregation separates different medical waste streams according to their classifications and is an essential part of the medical waste management process [9]. The essence is to separate infectious/hazardous waste from non-infectious/nonhazardous waste and prevent contamination [15]. Segregation would also reduce the quantity of infectious/hazardous waste.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sharp objects are to be placed in a yellow puncture-proof container marked "sharps" with a biohazard symbol. In addition to yellow, Lohani & Dixit [15] recommended red bags for infectious waste. Baaki et al [9] suggested that pharmaceutical waste and chemicals be placed in a brown plastic bag (hospital-specific), while radioactive wastes should be placed in a lead box with the radioactive symbol.…”

Section: Pathological Wastementioning

confidence: 99%

Lagos State Hospital Waste Management Practices: A Descriptive Overview with Stakeholders’ Role and Key Recommendations

Maxwell¹,

Chuku²,

Ananaba³

et al. 2023

JEP

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Background: Waste generation and its disposal is an essential issue in the sustainability of the environment and the planet's future. Waste management is essential across sectors, likewise the health sector. Therefore, there is a need to employ extra care and attention to handling waste generated from healthcare facilities to avoid the dangers of poor biomedical waste management. We carried out this study to examine the waste management practice in healthcare facilities in Lagos State. Methods: The study was a descriptive survey carried out in one-thousand two hundred and fifty-six (1256) healthcare facilities in Lagos State. Nine hundred sixty-nine (969) of these facilities are located in urban areas, while two hundred and eighty-seven (287) are rural. The facilities studied are government/public health facilities (15.45%), private-for-profit facilities (82.88%), NGOs, Mission/Faith-Based medical facilities (1.67%). The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Specifically, we utilized bar charts, frequency, and percentage. Result: The result shows that 98.4% ( 1236) of the studied facilities are registered with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), while 1.6% (20) are not registered. 98.5% (191) of the 194 government-owned facilities, 98.5% (1025) of the 1041 private-for-profit facilities, and 98.2% (20) of the 21 NGOs/faith-based health facilities are registered with Lagos State Waste Management Authority. The result also shows that 94% of the healthcare facilities studied in Lagos State use color-coded waste bags to segregate waste at the point of origin. 58.7% of the facilities use red-colored bags, 33.3% use yellow-colored bags, 10.7% use black-colored bags, and 1.3% use brown biohazard bags for segregating Infectious waste. Also, 34.

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Biomedical waste management practices in a tertiary care hospital: a descriptive study in Srinagar, Garhwal, India

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Assessment of Biomedical Waste Management in Health Facilities of Uttar Pradesh: An Observational Study

Assessment of Biomedical Waste Management in Health Facilities of Uttar Pradesh: An Observational Study

Impact of Fast Foods and Snacks Upon Adolescents’ BMI at Secondary Schools in Baghdad City

Lagos State Hospital Waste Management Practices: A Descriptive Overview with Stakeholders’ Role and Key Recommendations

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