scholarly journals Biomedical waste management practices in a tertiary care hospital: a descriptive study in Srinagar, Garhwal, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 465
Author(s):  
Naman Lohani ◽  
Sumeet Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Waste Management Practices

Background: Biomedical waste (BMW) is generated in every health facility, which if not disposed off properly poses a risk for health and environment. Handling, segregation, mutilation, disinfection, storage, transportation and final disposal are vital steps for safe and scientific management of biomedical waste in any establishment. The objective were to assess the biomedical waste management (BMWM) practices and knowledge regarding BMWM  in a tertiary care hospital.Methods: A descriptive study was carried out in the tertiary care hospital during July and August 2014. Hospital waste management practices were observed by making visits to the waste collection sites at different sites of the hospital and for assessment of knowledge regarding waste management a total of 113 health care personnel were interviewed.Results: The overall mean score for “Condition of waste receptacles” was 44.3%. The mean score for segregation of waste was 77%, for mutilation of recyclable waste the mean score was 88% and the disinfection mean score was 72%.  There were some good practices observed like presence of posters regarding disposal of BMW in most places, availability of gloves, masks etc. to the workers collecting BMW .There was no separate route for transport of biomedical waste. The knowledge regarding BMWM was not satisfactory among the participants and scope of improvement is there.Conclusions: While there were some good practices observed, there were inconsistencies observed regarding BMWM in the hospital.

Seroprevalence of HBV, HCV, HIV, syphilis, and malaria among blood donors at tertiary care hospital blood bank

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hira Qadir ◽  
Nadia Nasir ◽  
Shaheen Kouser ◽  
Huma Mansoori ◽  
Nida Qadir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Blood Bank ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Disease Markers ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Objective:To ascertain the frequency of markers of transfusion-transmitted infections. among blood donors in a blood bank at a tertiary care hospital Material and Methods:The study was a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study, covering from 1stJanuary 2013- October 2018 and was conducted in the blood bank section, in the Department of Pathology at Dow University of HealthSciences, Hospital. All blood donors were screened for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV (I & II), syphilis through electrochemiluminescence and malaria (immunochromatography).Data was entered and subsequently analyzed by statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21. The frequency of infectious disease markers (HbsAg, Anti HCV, HIV, syphilis, and malaria) was calculated among blood donors. Results:The total number of donors in our study was 29732, out of which 2587 donors were positive for an infectious disease.Out of the total donors, 29712 were male and 20 were female. There were 12 volunteer donors and 29720 exchange donors. The mean prevalence of donors with positive infectious markers was as follows; Anti HCV was 3 %, HbsAg was 2.9%, Syphilis was 2.0%, HIV was 0.5% and Malaria was 0.02 %. Conclusion:HbsAg and Anti HCV were the most frequent infections (3%) found in our blood donors, followed by syphilis with a frequency of 2%. Keywords: Blood transfusion, transfusion-transmitted infections, blood donors.

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