Comparative Assessment of Medical Waste Management in Multi-System and Selected Teaching Hospitals in Ekiti State, Nigeria
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Tarih
2023
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Technoscience Publications
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Ă–zet
Medical facilities, such as hospitals, clinics, and locations where diagnosis and treatment
are administered, create dangerous waste that predisposes individuals to deadly
infections. Medical waste management aims to improve health and prevent public health
and environmental threats. Questionnaires, interviews, site visitations, and observations
were utilized to determine the management strategies implemented in the three hospitals
and evaluate the efficacy of waste management. The hospitals under review are Afe
Babalola University Multi-system Hospital (AMSH), Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital
(EKSUTH), and Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti (FETHI). Statistical Package for the
Social Sciences (SPSS) was utilized for the statistical analysis of the questionnaires, and the
mean assessment was utilized to compute the waste per bed each day. The results revealed
that the three hospitals’ sharp, infectious, and pharmaceutical waste is the most sorted. All
hospitals burn their medical waste in incinerators but dispose of the ashes in dumpsites. The
mean evaluation of all hospitals’ medical waste was weighed to establish the overall amount
generated. The total amount of medical waste created at AMSH, EKSUTH, and FETHI is
31.5 kg, 53.6 kg, and 135.1 kg, respectively. The medical waste generated per bed per day in
AMSH, EKSUTH, and FETHI is 0.61 kg, 0.74 kg, and 0.73 kg, respectively. It was determined
that the proper management and disposal of waste is a critical obligation of healthcare
facilities. There should be a provision for educating personnel about the consequences of
inappropriately disposing of medical waste.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Medical waste, Effective management, Multi-system hospitals, Public health
Kaynak
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology
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Cilt
22
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2
