Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste
The present study was undertaken to determine the bacterial agents present in various clinical solid wastes, general waste and clinical sharp waste. The waste was collected from different wards/units in a healthcare facility in Penang Island, Malaysia. The presence of bacterial agents in clinical...
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| author | Hossain, Md. Sohrab Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini Balakrishnan, Venugopal Puvanesuaran, Vignesh Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab |
| author_facet | Hossain, Md. Sohrab Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini Balakrishnan, Venugopal Puvanesuaran, Vignesh Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab |
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| description | The present study was undertaken to determine the bacterial agents present in
various clinical solid wastes, general waste and clinical sharp waste. The waste was
collected from different wards/units in a healthcare facility in Penang Island, Malaysia.
The presence of bacterial agents in clinical and general waste was determined using the
conventional bacteria identification methods. Several pathogenic bacteria including
opportunistic bacterial agent such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens, Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus,
Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes were detected
in clinical solid wastes. The presence of specific pathogenic bacterial strains in clinical
sharp waste was determined using 16s rDNA analysis. In this study, several nosocomial
pathogenic bacteria strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis,
Lysinibacillus sphaericus, Serratia marcescens, and Staphylococcus aureus were detected
in clinical sharp waste. The present study suggests that waste generated from healthcare facilities should be sterilized at the point of generation in order to eliminate nosocomial
infections from the general waste or either of the clinical wastes.
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:316822014-05-21T07:23:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31682/ Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste Hossain, Md. Sohrab Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini Balakrishnan, Venugopal Puvanesuaran, Vignesh Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab RS Pharmacy and materia medica The present study was undertaken to determine the bacterial agents present in various clinical solid wastes, general waste and clinical sharp waste. The waste was collected from different wards/units in a healthcare facility in Penang Island, Malaysia. The presence of bacterial agents in clinical and general waste was determined using the conventional bacteria identification methods. Several pathogenic bacteria including opportunistic bacterial agent such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens, Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes were detected in clinical solid wastes. The presence of specific pathogenic bacterial strains in clinical sharp waste was determined using 16s rDNA analysis. In this study, several nosocomial pathogenic bacteria strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Lysinibacillus sphaericus, Serratia marcescens, and Staphylococcus aureus were detected in clinical sharp waste. The present study suggests that waste generated from healthcare facilities should be sterilized at the point of generation in order to eliminate nosocomial infections from the general waste or either of the clinical wastes. MDPI 2013-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31682/1/infectious.pdf Hossain, Md. Sohrab and Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini and Balakrishnan, Venugopal and Puvanesuaran, Vignesh and Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam and Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab (2013) Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10 (2). pp. 556-567. ISSN 1660-4601 (O), 1661-7827 (P) http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/2/556 10.3390/ijerph10020556 |
| spellingShingle | RS Pharmacy and materia medica Hossain, Md. Sohrab Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini Balakrishnan, Venugopal Puvanesuaran, Vignesh Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste |
| title | Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste |
| title_full | Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste |
| title_fullStr | Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste |
| title_short | Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste |
| title_sort | infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste |
| topic | RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/31682/1/infectious.pdf |
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