Medical waste management practice during the 2019-2020 novel coronavirus pandemic: Experience in a general hospital

Peng, Jie; Wu, Xunlian; Wang, Rongli; Cui, Li; Zhang, Qing; Wei, Dong

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.035

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“…(2018) and Voudrias (2018) . Undoubtedly, with COVID-19, there is an uptick in the percentage of waste under the infectious category due to hospitals taking various precautions to facilitate control of the pandemic ( Peng et al., 2020 ). Nevertheless, by subjecting the general waste category to proper sterilization procedure via any of thermal, microwave, bio-chemical sterilization, the huge potential from upcycling of the retrieved materials will edge towards fulfilling the promise of CE within the sector ( Yang et al., 2009 ).…”

Section: Opportunities For Circular Economy Post Covid-19mentioning

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A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

Ibn‐Mohammed

Mustapha

Godsell

et al. 2021

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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Highlights COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenge to all facets of human endeavour. A critical review of the negative and positive impacts of the pandemic is presented. The danger of relying on pandemic-driven benefits to achieving SDGs is highlighted. The pandemic and its interplay with circular economy (CE) approaches is examined. Sector-specific CE recommendations in a resilient post-COVID-19 world are outlined.

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Section: Opportunities For Circular Economy Post Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

Ibn‐Mohammed

Mustapha

Godsell

et al. 2021

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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“…The disinfection and disposal of biomedical waste (BMW) also proved to be a challenge, with extra caution needed to be exercised since improper handling of the waste could also lead to hospital generated infections [ 15 ]. With the hygiene contract also being outsourced and the duty personnel on the ground having limited experience of working in hospitals, significant difficulties were encountered in ensuring the proper handling of BMW.…”

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Challenges faced in establishing a dedicated 250 bed COVID-19 intensive care unit in a temporary structure

Singh

Ambooken

Setlur

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Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care

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An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is an organized system for the provision of care to critically ill patients that provides intensive and specialized medical and nursing care, an enhanced capacity for monitoring, and multiple modalities of physiologic organ support to sustain life during a period of life-threatening organ system insufficiency. While this availability of trained manpower and specialized equipment makes it possible to care for critically ill patients, it also presents singular challenges in the form of man and material management, design concerns, budgetary concerns, and protocolization of treatment. Consequently, the establishment of an ICU requires rigorous design and planning, a process that can take months to years. However, the Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) Epidemic has required the significant capacity building to accommodate the increased number of critically ill patients. At the peak of the pandemic, many countries were forced to resort to the building of temporary structures to house critically ill patients, to help tide over the crisis. This narrative review describes the challenges and lessons learned while establishing a 250 bedded ICU in a temporary structure and achieving functionality within a period of a fortnight.

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“…An Increased amount of solid medical waste has occured occurred in Wuhan, China. on March 1, solid medical waste went up to 247 tons per day, which was initially only 40 tons per day, this indication of increase reached 6 times of the total amount of the preceding calculations (15). The same thing happened in the cities of Manila, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok which undergo increases of the waste volume from 154 to 280 tons per day (16).…”

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“…Storage process of solid medical waste is already appropriate, that is, it must be done no more than 2x24 hours to the TPS (15). The need for proper planning in the management of solid medical waste because solid medical waste cannot be left full, if container reached its ¾ then the container must be packed in tightly bound and must be transported immediately (24)(25)31).…”

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“…An average of 206 tons of medical waste was produced due to Covid19 per day in Dhaka (14). All types of outcomes from patient care activities that are potentially contaminated by substances that are infectious or in contact with patients and/or health workers who treat Covid19 patients are classified as medical waste (15). Medical waste can include used facemasks, used gloves, used bandages, used syringes, used infusion set, used PPEs, and other items that derive from patient care activities in the Emergency Department (ED), special isolation room (SIR), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), treatment room, and other service rooms (16).…”

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Management of Solid Medical Waste on One of the Covid19 Referral Hospitals in Surabaya, East Java

Wardani

Azizah

2020

JKL

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Introduction: e Covid19 virus has an outer lipid sheath that is not tolerant towards disinfectants, but this virus can quickly infect humans with a fairly high mortality rate. The increasing Covid19 patients directly proportional the amount of solid medical waste production in hospitals. This study aims to identify the health protocol in solid medical waste management in one of the Covid19 patient referral hospitals in Surabaya, East Java. Method: We used descriptive observational research with secondary data for the data compiling method. The obtained data were then compared with the 2020 Guidebook on Waste Management in Referral Hospitals, Emergency Hospitals, and Public Health Centers that Handles Covid19 Patients, issued by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. Result and Discussion: Research results showed that the management of all solid medical waste yielded from the Covid19 Special Isolation Room is directly infectious, went through the incineration process using an incinerator with the primary burner set at 800o C and the secondary burner set at minus 1.000o C. The usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by medical waste trolley carriers was inappropriate. The officers only used surgical masks, head caps, gloves, shirt, and work shoes, without using any apron. Conclusion: Health protocol for medical waste management in one of the Covid19 patient referral hospitals in Surabaya, East Java has been implemented, but the usage of PPE by medical waste trolley carriers was still inappropriate.

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Medical waste management practice during the 2019-2020 novel coronavirus pandemic: Experience in a general hospital

Cited by 164 publications

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A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

Challenges faced in establishing a dedicated 250 bed COVID-19 intensive care unit in a temporary structure

Management of Solid Medical Waste on One of the Covid19 Referral Hospitals in Surabaya, East Java

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