scholarly journals Impact of intervention on healthcare waste management practices in a tertiary care governmental hospital of Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Binaya Sapkota ◽  
Gopal Kumar Gupta ◽  
Dhiraj Mainali
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Healthcare Waste ◽  
Healthcare Waste Management ◽  
Waste Management Practices

scholarly journals The Key Organizational Factors in Healthcare Waste Management Practices of Libyan Public Hospitals

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12785
Author(s):  
Mohammed Khalifa Abdelsalam ◽  
Ibrahim Mohammed Massoud Egdair ◽  
Halima Begum ◽  
Diara Md. Jadi ◽  
Hussein-Elhakim Al Issa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Waste ◽  
Healthcare Waste Management ◽  
Waste Management Practices

This study aims to investigate factors contributing to healthcare waste management practices among Libyan public hospitals. The organizational culture and structure are proposed to have their effect upon hospital organizational units in charge of healthcare waste production by a theoretical review to develop two main hypotheses. Hence, this study used the stratified random sampling technique to select respondents such as top management officials, heads of departments, and administrators who work in all the hospitals located in the south of Libya, from whom data was collected. The data for the study was gathered via a survey questionnaire from Libyan public hospitals in the country’s southern region. A total of 210 questionnaires were distributed and 171 usable responses were received, yielding a 70% response rate. Though the findings of the study show some inconsistency, the two dimensions of the culture examined in this study are found to have a positive relationship and significant influence on the management practices of health waste. Besides, it shows the positive relationship between organizational structure and healthcare waste management practices (HWMP). However, the findings of this study suggested that nurses and cleaners’ practices should critically consider structure dimensions such as formalization as well as moderating variables such as hospital location and type of services supplied on the interactions to improve the management of healthcare waste in Libya’s public hospitals.

scholarly journals Waste management barriers in developing country hospitals: Case study and AHP analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego V de Godoy Delmonico ◽  
Hugo H dos Santos ◽  
Marco AP Pinheiro ◽  
Rosani de Castro ◽  
Regiane M de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Healthcare Waste ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Healthcare Waste Management ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process Method ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Healthcare waste management is an essential field for both researchers and practitioners. Although there have been few studies using statistical methods for its evaluation, it has been the subject of several studies in different contexts. Furthermore, the known precarious practices for waste management in developing countries raise questions about its potential barriers. This study aims to investigate the barriers in healthcare waste management and their relevance. For this purpose, this paper analyses waste management practices in two Brazilian hospitals by using case study and the Analytic Hierarchy Process method. The barriers were organized into three categories – human factors, management, and infrastructure, and the main findings suggest that cost and employee awareness were the most significant barriers. These results highlight the main barriers to more sustainable waste management, and provide an empirical basis for multi-criteria evaluation of the literature.

scholarly journals Healthcare waste management in Greece. The example of Health Region of Western Greece, Peloponnese, Epirus and Ionian Islands

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-102
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Minor Importance ◽  
Ionian Islands ◽  
Healthcare Waste ◽  
Healthcare Waste Management ◽  
Infectious Waste ◽  
Waste Management Practices

The aim of the present study is a) to examine the healthcare waste management practices in W. Greece, Peloponnese, Epirus and Ionian islands b) to investigate the implementation of the institutional frame and c) to make suggestions in order to achieve a proper Hospital Healthcare Waste Management utilizing best practices. A questionnaire was prepared and distributed to selected people in 29 hospitals. The survey was conducted in the period 2015-2016. The results showed that more hospitals have an established Hazardous Medical Waste Management System, based on internal regulation of infectious waste management. The quantities of infectious wastes produced by the studied hospitals, expressed per day and bed (kg bed -1 day -1) were within the range illustrated both in Greek and International literature. In relation to waste management policy, the replies to the questionnaire show that most attention is given to the management of hazardous medical wastes, while the necessary importance is not given in the appropriate management of urban wastes (separation, recycling and reuse). In addition, according to the findings of the present study, the wastewater management in hospitals is considered of minor importance. Thus, more investigation is required to evaluate the best operation wastewater treatment scheme to achieve the protection of human health and ecosystems. The hospitals studied have not tried to adopt an Ecological Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) a fact that reinforces our observation that none of them had made a commitment to minimize the environmental impact related to their function.

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