Pattern of Health Care Waste Management Practices among Health Professional in South East Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 362-368
Author(s):  
Ironkwe Okechukwu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
Health Care Waste

scholarly journals Evaluation of Waste Management Practices of Health Care Units: A Graph Theoretic and Matrix

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 4781-4786
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Graph Theory ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Graph Theoretic ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
Health Care Waste

The present research has used Graph Theory Matrix and Approach (GTMA) to evaluate Health Care Waste Management(HCWM) index. This index will be an indication of the degree of effectiveness of HCWM practices in the HCU’s. Responses collected through a questionnaire based survey was used to develop a GTMA model to evaluate Waste management Index(WMI). A frame work also has been proposed to calculate theoretical best and worst value of WMI. The WMI of any HCU could be compared with theoretical best and worst values of WMI to check its closeness to these values. If the WMI value of any organization is closer to best value in comparison to the worst value then it could be inferred that the HCU is doing good in managing its waste. The WMI value would help HCUs in identifying the weaker areas of HCWM practices of their organization.

scholarly journals Assessment of Healthcare Waste Generated by Government Hospital in Agra City, India

Our Nature ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Khajuria ◽  
A Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Healthcare Waste ◽  
The Government ◽  
Inorganic Waste ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
Agra City ◽  
The City ◽  
Present Mode

Health care wastes include anatomical, pathological and clinical infectious/ hazardous organic and inorganic waste. The waste is disposed off in unscientific manner. The study has been conducted in the government health care establishment only to reveal the per day waste generation on each patient, present mode of waste management within the units bed, our suggestions which have helped the units to improve their waste management practices, in the city of Agra. Keywords: Waste management, Health scare waste, Management, Government hospitaldoi:10.3126/on.v5i1.794Our Nature (2007)5:25-30

scholarly journals SWOT-TOWS analysis to improve home health waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thais Silva ◽  
Renata Maciel ◽  
Lourdinha Florencio ◽  
Simone Machado Santos
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Health Care Practices ◽  
Waste Management Practices

Abstract Home health services are of great concern, as infectious diseases can be transmitted not only to residents but also to home health care workers. Worldwide, there are few studies related to home health waste management. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey on waste management from home health care services was carried out between October and December 2019. In the survey, all 67 stakeholders (health teams and caregivers/patients) involved in home health care services in the municipality of Caruaru (Brazil) were interviewed. The collected data showed that the home health care and waste management practices identified during field visits would be severely impacted by the pandemic. In this context, a SWOT analysis and TOWS matrix were employed in the analysis of home health care practices; in this work, those practices include care provided by health teams and patient caregivers, encompassing the handling of waste resulting from health care. The results show the need to promote strategies to improve home health care services to preserve the health of professionals and patients in the pandemic and post-pandemic periods. In this context, care related to the transmission of COVID-19 has been ratified, generating additional actions for the proper management of health waste.

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