Medical Waste Management in Private Hospitals in Tehran
Background: Solid waste management is one of the important aspects of the hospital management.Methods: In this study, we examined the quantity and composition of medical solid waste in eight private hospitals in Tehran. For this purpose, a checklist was used through interviews with hospital waste ma...
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| author | Ali Hosseinzadeh Mir Amir Mohammad Reshadi Morteza Nazaripour Masomeh Rezaei |
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| description | Background: Solid waste management is one of the important aspects of the hospital management.Methods: In this study, we examined the quantity and composition of medical solid waste in eight private hospitals in Tehran. For this purpose, a checklist was used through interviews with hospital waste management staff as well as collecting information on hospital waste generation. The annual average of obtained data was analyzed in this study.Results: The results indicated that the private hospitals under study generated solid waste ranging from 24 to 1091 kg/day. The average medical waste generation in the studied privative hospitals was 4 kg/bed/day equal to 5.09 kg/patient/day. Common waste accounted for 70.73% of total hospital solid waste, while infectious and sharp waste accounted for 31.04% of the hospital solid waste. Infectious wastes were disinfected using autoclave in all hospitals.Conclusion: Segregation of infectious waste from hospital waste mass reduces the environmental and health risk of hospital waste and reduces the cost of waste management in private hospitals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-800ebeb040e343e3a978af40caf468d12023-10-31T07:59:14ZengKurdistan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Advances in Environmental Health Research2345-39902023-07-0111314214610.34172/jaehr.1274158208Medical Waste Management in Private Hospitals in TehranAli Hosseinzadeh0Mir Amir Mohammad Reshadi1Morteza Nazaripour2Masomeh Rezaei3College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranEcohydrology Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CanadaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USASchool of Environment, Azad University of Tehran, Tehran, IranBackground: Solid waste management is one of the important aspects of the hospital management.Methods: In this study, we examined the quantity and composition of medical solid waste in eight private hospitals in Tehran. For this purpose, a checklist was used through interviews with hospital waste management staff as well as collecting information on hospital waste generation. The annual average of obtained data was analyzed in this study.Results: The results indicated that the private hospitals under study generated solid waste ranging from 24 to 1091 kg/day. The average medical waste generation in the studied privative hospitals was 4 kg/bed/day equal to 5.09 kg/patient/day. Common waste accounted for 70.73% of total hospital solid waste, while infectious and sharp waste accounted for 31.04% of the hospital solid waste. Infectious wastes were disinfected using autoclave in all hospitals.Conclusion: Segregation of infectious waste from hospital waste mass reduces the environmental and health risk of hospital waste and reduces the cost of waste management in private hospitals.https://jaehr.muk.ac.ir/article_158208_bc9e86325669f92aa2bbf3f1aea49e18.pdfwaste managementhospital solid wasteinfectious wastechemical and pharmacy waste |
| spellingShingle | Ali Hosseinzadeh Mir Amir Mohammad Reshadi Morteza Nazaripour Masomeh Rezaei Medical Waste Management in Private Hospitals in Tehran Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research waste management hospital solid waste infectious waste chemical and pharmacy waste |
| title | Medical Waste Management in Private Hospitals in Tehran |
| title_full | Medical Waste Management in Private Hospitals in Tehran |
| title_fullStr | Medical Waste Management in Private Hospitals in Tehran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical Waste Management in Private Hospitals in Tehran |
| title_short | Medical Waste Management in Private Hospitals in Tehran |
| title_sort | medical waste management in private hospitals in tehran |
| topic | waste management hospital solid waste infectious waste chemical and pharmacy waste |
| url | https://jaehr.muk.ac.ir/article_158208_bc9e86325669f92aa2bbf3f1aea49e18.pdf |
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