Current practices of waste management in teaching hospitals and presence of incinerators in densely populated areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital waste management (HWM) practices are the core need to run a proper health care facility. This study encompasses the HWM practices in teaching hospitals of Peshawar, Pakistan and examine the enforcement of Pak HWM (2005) rules and risks through transmission of pathogens via blood fluids, air pollution during waste incineration and injuries occurring in conjunction with open burning and dumping.

Methods

A questionnaire based on World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations was used to survey the selected private and public teaching hospital (n = 16). Site visits and personnel observations were also included in the data. It was spatio-statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics, Krushkal-wallis and Fisher's exact tests.

Results

The findings

SUBMITTER: Khalid S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8262056 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature