Knowledge, Attitude of Health Professional Towards Health Care Waste Management in South East Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-308
Author(s):  
Ironkwe Okechukwu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Health Care Waste ◽  
Attitude Of Health Professional

scholarly journals Waste Segregation FMEA Model Integrating Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set and the PAPRIKA Method

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1375 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Carmen Carnero
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Health Care Organization ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Care Organization ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy ◽  
Waste Segregation ◽  
Health Care Waste

Segregation is an important step in health care waste management. If done incorrectly, the risk of preventable infections, toxic effects, and injuries to care and non-care staff, waste handlers, patients, visitors, and the community at large, is increased. It also increases the risk of environmental pollution and prevents recyclable waste from being recovered. Despite its importance, it is acknowledged that poor waste segregation occurs in most health care organizations. This study therefore intends to produce, for the first time, a classification of failure modes related to segregation in the Nuclear Medicine Department of a health care organization. This will be done using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), by combining an intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid weighted Euclidean distance operator, and the multicriteria method Potentially All Pairwise RanKings of all possible Alternatives (PAPRIKA). Subjective and objective weights of risk factors were considered simultaneously. The failure modes identified in the top three positions are: improper storage of waste (placing items in the wrong bins), improper labeling of containers, and bad waste management (inappropriate collection periods and bin set-up).

scholarly journals Strengthening Health Care Waste Management through Strategic Mentoring and Supportive Supervision in Rural HIV Clinics, South-Eastern Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
P.O. Anyanwu ◽  
O. Okunoye ◽  
S.N. Okon ◽  
G. Odunze ◽  
O. Onyedinachi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Supportive Supervision ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Health Care Waste

scholarly journals Health care waste management: a neglected and growing public health problem worldwide

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1414-1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael O. Harhay ◽  
Scott D. Halpern ◽  
Jason S. Harhay ◽  
Piero L. Olliaro
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Health Care Waste

scholarly journals Biomedical Waste Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VII) ◽  
pp. 2875-2888
Author(s):  
Gaurav Khandelwal
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Infectious Waste ◽  
The Government ◽  
Health Care Waste

Bio medical waste (BMW) disposal is a very important yet a challenging task. Health care waste contains potentially harmful microorganisms, which can infect hospital patients, health workers, and the general public. Exposure to hazardous health care waste can result in disease or injury. The Government of India has been laying down rules, namely, Bio Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, in 1998, COVID-19 pandemic and its consequent biomedical waste is an unprecedented challenge worldwide. Biomedical waste generated during COVID-19 patient isolation, testing and care needs special consideration as it challenges the previous notion that only 15–20% of waste can be considered infectious. With establishment of new home quarantine facility, isolation/quarantine centers the chances of general waste getting contaminated with biomedical waste has increased exponentially. The key step in COVID19 waste management is segregation of biomedical waste from solid waste. Waste generated from COVID19 patients is like any other infectious waste, therefore creating public awareness about the COVID19 waste hazards and segregation at source is highlighted in all guidelines as a recommendation.

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