Efficiency of Health Care Risk Waste Management in Rural Healthcare Facilities of South Africa: An Assessment of Selected Facilities in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province

Olaniyi, Foluke C.; Ogola, Jason; Tshitangano, Takalani G.

doi:10.3390/ijerph16122199

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“…Otherwise, the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) developed a comprehensive healthcare risk waste (HCRW) management guideline booklet that provided a full definition of HCRW and classified the waste into the various sub-categories. It also discusses the risks of mismanagement of the waste to the society and highlighted the roles and responsibilities of each health worker in proper HCRW management ( Olaniyi et al, 2019 ).…”

Section: Medical Wastementioning

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Sustainable waste management of medical waste in African developing countries: A narrative review

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Africa is the second populous continent, and its population has the fastest growing rate. Some African countries are still plagued by poverty, poor sanitary conditions and limited resources, such as clean drinking water, food supply, electricity, and effective waste management systems. Underfunded healthcare systems, poor training and lack of awareness of policies and legislations on handling medical waste have led to increased improper handling of waste within hospitals, healthcare facilities and transportation and storage of medical waste. Some countries, including Ethiopia, Botswana, Nigeria and Algeria, do not have national guidelines in place to adhere to the correct disposal of such wastage. Incineration is often the favoured disposal method due to the rapid diminishment of up to 90% of waste, as well as production of heat for boilers or for energy production. This type of method – if not applying the right technologies – potentially creates hazardous risks of its own, such as harmful emissions and residuals. In this study, the sustainability aspects of medical waste management in Africa were reviewed to present resilient solutions for health and environment protection for the next generation in Africa. The findings of this research introduce policies, possible advices and solutions associated with sustainability and medical waste management that can support decision-makers in developing strategies for the sustainability by using the eco-friendly technologies for efficient medical waste treatment and disposal methods and also can serve as a link between the healthcare system, decision-makers, and stakeholders in developing health policies and programmes.

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Section: Medical Wastementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable waste management of medical waste in African developing countries: A narrative review

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“…Although healthcare facilities worldwide generate high volumes of waste, only 15% of this waste is hazardous and considered to be HCRW [ 2 ]. The generation of high volumes of HCRW in healthcare facilities is due to improper segregation of HCRW, which contaminates non-hazardous healthcare waste (HCW) and converts all into HCRW [ 3 ]. These high volumes of HCRW generation increases the chances of infections such as HIV, Hepatitis B and C and exposure to hazardous medical waste among hospital staff, patients, informal recyclers (scavengers) and employees at the landfill site [ 4 , 5 , 6 ].…”

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“…These national legislations require that waste generation should be avoided and if it cannot be avoided, it should be minimized, recycled or reused or disposed of in accordance with the municipality, national and international policies and regulations and in a manner that is environmentally-friendly [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. However, studies in South Africa, including the National Core Standards, Office of the Standards Health Compliance and Auditor General reports, indicate major challenges in the management of HCRW in the different levels of healthcare facilities in the different provinces [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 8 , 14 , 15 ].…”

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Assessment of Knowledge about Healthcare Risk Waste Management at a Tertiary Hospital in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Motlatla

Maluleke

2021

IJERPH

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This study aimed at assessing the knowledge about healthcare risk waste (HCRW) management among doctors, professional nurses, pharmacists and laboratory technicians, in accordance with National Environmental Management, Waste Act 59 of 2008, Constitution of South Africa and sustainable development goals (SDG). The quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted, using self-administered questionnaires and stratified random sampling was used. Data was analyzed using the descriptive and inferential statistics. One hundred and forty-four participants were included in the study. The majority 90.28% of the participants were aged 19–50 years, females (71%), professional nurses (36%), and they had 1–10 years of experience (71%). The health professionals were knowledgeable of sharps waste (89%), slightly over (52%) knew anatomical waste, whereas (27%) and (17%) knew radioactive and cytotoxic waste, respectively. Health professionals (92%) agreed that the sharps-waste container should be disposed of in a yellow bin container, at least (63%) and (27%) agreed that red liner and box should be used for both infectious non anatomical waste and for cytotoxic waste. The null hypothesis was tested on knowledge versus age, profession and gender, and evidence against it was found on waste storage period in all three variables where chi-square and Fisher exact p-values were less than the 5% significant level. More attention should be directed towards similar HCRW management training at the hospital for all health professionals and behavior modification. The hospital management must ensure that HCRW-trained health professionals and HCRW management officials put into practice what they have learnt.

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“…This shows that the country regarded the reduction from source as a very important step in the management of any type of solid waste. The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) of South Africa has been on the forefront of drafting waste (including HCRW) management guidelines as well as monitoring and conducting relevant studies on the subject nationwide [22].…”

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Estimation of Different Categories of Healthcare Waste Generated at Two Different Hospital Categories in Four Hospitals in Dar es Salaam City

Anicetus¹,

Saria²,

Mohamed³

2020

JEP

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Efficiency of Health Care Risk Waste Management in Rural Healthcare Facilities of South Africa: An Assessment of Selected Facilities in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province

Cited by 18 publications

References 11 publications

Sustainable waste management of medical waste in African developing countries: A narrative review

Sustainable waste management of medical waste in African developing countries: A narrative review

Assessment of Knowledge about Healthcare Risk Waste Management at a Tertiary Hospital in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Estimation of Different Categories of Healthcare Waste Generated at Two Different Hospital Categories in Four Hospitals in Dar es Salaam City

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