Medical waste management in a mid-populated Turkish city and development of medical waste prediction model

Çetinkaya, Afşın Yusuf; Kuzu, S. Levent; Demi̇r, Ahmet

doi:10.1007/s10668-019-00474-6

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“…(2017) , Oyekale and Oyekale (2017) , Govender et al. (2018) , Çetinkaya et al. (2020) in Botswana, Algeria, Portugal, Cameroon, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa and Turkey have respectively shown poor conducts by healthcare facilities in managing their waste.…”

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Healthcare waste management in the Tamale Central Hospital, northern Ghana. An assessment before the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

Abanyie¹,

Amuah²,

Douti³

et al. 2021

Environmental Challenges

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Healthcare waste (HCW) poses several environmental and public health challenges. However, much attention has not been given to its management. The present study sought to assess the healthcare waste management (HCWM) practices in the Tamale Central Hospital (TCH) by characterizing and measuring the quantities of waste generated and the associated implications. Observation of the value chain of healthcare waste management, waste quantification using a weighing scale (Top-pan-spring balance), and semi-structured interviews were used in the data collection. The study revealed that, except for sharps, there was no segregation of infectious and non-infectious waste, and healthcare waste was not treated before final disposal. The study showed that a daily record of 5.1 kg of sharps, 24.46 kg of infectious waste and 59.45 kg of general waste was generated. The maternity ward produced more general waste (14 kg), whereas the theatre generated the highest infectious waste (5.70 kg) and sharps (0.8 kg) daily. Generally, the maternity ward recorded the highest daily waste generation of 17.9 kg. The waste treatment method available in the hospital was incineration. However, the incinerator was found to be dysfunctional. Thus, an improvised method (dug pit) was used irrespective of the associated health and environmental implications. The study also revealed that the hospital did not quantify the amount of solid waste that was generated. Inadequate finance and lack of supervision were linked to the problem of poor healthcare waste management in the study area. Also, 82% of the workers mentioned that there was poor HCW segregation at the departments whereas 76% of the patients who received healthcare at the facility were unsatisfied with the HCWM practices. A strong linear relationship in the responses made was recorded. The healthcare waste management index showed that the HCWM practice at the facility was unsatisfactory as it was medium-ranked. The study, therefore, recommends that the hospital considers constructing an on-site waste treatment facility, segregate and quantify waste for effective allocation of resources for treating healthcare waste.

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Healthcare waste management in the Tamale Central Hospital, northern Ghana. An assessment before the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

Abanyie¹,

Amuah²,

Douti³

et al. 2021

Environmental Challenges

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“…Although the results of the current study showed a generation rate (0.5 kg/(bed•day)) that represents a very small number of medical facilities in Iraq, the overall generation rate of medical wastes based on the number of state-owned hospitals in Iraq could range from 3.8 to 4.2 kg/(bed•day) [3]. This amount is higher than the range of 0.6-3.7 kg/(bed•day), which was reported by several studies in other countries in the Middle East region [5,[12][13][14][15]. The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment has put general guidelines for hospitals to manage their medical waste.…”

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Medical waste management in Iraq: a case study of Baghdad

Mensoor

2020

Waste Dispos. Sustain. Energy

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There is a lack of information about medical waste management in Iraq. This study aims to monitor and evaluate the current situation of medical waste management in Baghdad as it represents the capital and the biggest populated city in Iraq. About 32% of hospitals are located in Baghdad. Ten state-owned hospitals in Baghdad with the biggest bed capacity were investigated. The study used structured interviews with staff in charge of waste management in the sampled hospitals to collect data. The results showed that the generation rate of medical waste in the ten hospitals was 0.5 kg/(bed•day). The study also found that there were insufficient, ineffective, and improper isolation, collection, storing, processing, and safe disposal of medical wastes in the sampled public hospitals of Baghdad. The study recommended that the Iraqi Ministry of Health takes extensive and quick effective measures to better monitor and evaluate medical waste management and provide ongoing training to personnel responsible for waste management in the hospitals.

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“…Cetinkaya et al [6] present general data, statistics concerning medical waste per daybed in the USA, UK, France, Turkey, and a fair comparison with data from Chapter 18 of the Europe Union Catalogue. In conformity with the Medical Waste Control Legislation, the wastes from healthcare units are classified into six categories: general wastes, infectious wastes, genotoxic waste, pathological wastes, sharps waste, and hazardous wastes.…”

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“…The authors of [6] express the importance of the accuracy of the data in the territory in order to have a future image regarding the estimation of the variation of these values. If in 2017 the amount of medical waste was 280 t, almost double compared to 2011, obviously this value is different now, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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“…The authors also analyze the amount of medical waste by age category and GDP% per capita (from $11.2 in 2011 to $10.5 in 2017). The EKC model (environmental Kuznets curve) gives a good appreciation of medical waste quantity per year, per bed-day, per capita, and also for an appreciation of GDP% to spend/year [6]. The model created is based on: the number of patients, bed occupancy rate, medical waste amount, waste amount establishes by the bed, person, day.…”

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The Implications and Effects of Medical Waste on Development of Sustainable Society—A Brief Review of the Literature

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The sustainable development of humanity imposes precise norms regarding the management of natural resources, their extraction, use, and the introduction in a complex, innovative circuit of the waste resulting from exploitation. The paper deals with some aspects related to the sustainable management of general medical waste on the one hand and the medical waste specific to the COVID-19 pandemic, on the other hand. Medical waste requires special treatment given its impact on the environment and on humanity. The management of activities related to its storage, transport, destruction is an important point in the sustainable development of mankind, especially in the current context of the pandemic. Medical waste is in a continuous increase in quantity and involves many effects in various activity fields. Through a scientometric study in the Web of Science—WOS database, the authors identify clusters of keywords, analyze the articles identified in the WOS and identify the main research directions and existing concepts. Corroborating and interpreting the results obtained, three significant trends of approach to medical waste are identified: M—management (1); E—exposure (2); and D—distribution (3). An extensive map of the concepts is made, a narrow map of the concepts used, and a theoretical map of the concepts. The link between medical waste and the development of a sustainable society is demonstrated, and it is possible to open new research directions. The scientometric research undertaken on 1192 WOS articles that were published in 2020 led to the selection of 32, focused on issues related to hazardous medical waste, especially of COVID-19 patients. Following this approach, the authors were able to see, by comparison, the different forms of management of this waste in different countries, thus being able to contribute to the creation of procedures for the collection, storage, and destruction of this hazardous waste, with direct influence on the environment.

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Medical waste management in a mid-populated Turkish city and development of medical waste prediction model

Cited by 22 publications

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Healthcare waste management in the Tamale Central Hospital, northern Ghana. An assessment before the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

Healthcare waste management in the Tamale Central Hospital, northern Ghana. An assessment before the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

Medical waste management in Iraq: a case study of Baghdad

The Implications and Effects of Medical Waste on Development of Sustainable Society—A Brief Review of the Literature

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