A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge and Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management among the Health Personnel Working at Community Health Centers in a Tribal District

We provide commentary on the article “Medical Waste Management in Community Health Centers” to extend our results and highlight private community performance. We also present a new approach to medical waste management in PHCs through using various forms of Public–Private Partnership models.

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Medical waste management improvement in community health centers: an interventional study in Iran

Primary Health Care Research & Development ◽

10.1017/s1463423618000622 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi ◽

Mohammad Saadati ◽

Mahdieh Heydari ◽

Ramin Rezapour ◽

Roghaie Zamanpour

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Community Health ◽

Community Health Centers ◽

Clinical Audit ◽

Medical Waste ◽

Health Centers ◽

Audit Process ◽

Before And After ◽

Medical Waste Management ◽

Comparison Of Standards

Abstract Aim To improve the medical waste management (MWM) standards in Tabriz community health centers (CHCs) through clinical audit process. Background Management of medical waste is not only a legally necessity but also a social responsibility in health systems. Owing to the potential risks for human health and environmental impacts, MWM is a global concern. Methods This was an interventional research designed using clinical audit cycle that was implemented in Tabriz CHCs in 2016. MWM was assessed through observation, as well as reviewing relevant documents and interviews with waste workers in CHCs and completion of a researcher-made checklist. Intervention plans were developed and implemented based on the assessment results. To analyze the data, Excel 2016 software was used and information was reported as descriptive statistics through comparison of standards adherence before and after the interventions. Results Generally, 30% improvements in MWM standards adherence were experienced (45.8–75.1%) in the CHCs, after the interventions. The greatest improvement was observed in the dimensions of management and education, and separation and collection of medical waste, up to 30 and 28.5%, respectively. Conclusions As the results demonstrated, standards of MWM processes were improved in Tabriz CHCs, due to the intervention. Moreover, it was experienced that using systematic method, stakeholders’ participation and evidence-based planning would lead to process improvement. MWM was an ignored issue in primary care that must be more in attention.

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STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT AMONG HEALTH PERSONNEL IN SELECTED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

International Journal of Nursing and Healthcare Research ◽

10.36673/ijnhr.2020.v04.i01.a05 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 04 (01) ◽

pp. 27-33

Author(s):

S. M. Asharani ◽

V. G. Veeresh

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Community Health ◽

Health Center ◽

Health Personnel ◽

Community Health Center ◽

Biomedical Waste ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Medical waste management at community health center: a literature review

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202020206017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 202 ◽

pp. 06017

Author(s):

Arifah Wulansari ◽

Sudarno ◽

Fuad Muhammad

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Waste Management ◽

Community Health ◽

Health Center ◽

Community Health Centers ◽

Community Health Center ◽

Medical Waste ◽

Health Centers ◽

Hazardous Substances ◽

Medical Waste Management

Total of medical waste generation from health care activities increased every year. Medical waste must be treated seriously because the hazardous substances have potentially to transmit disease and pollute the environment. According to data in 2018, the ministry of environment and forestry estimates that there are around 8,000 tons of untreated medical waste in Indonesia. This is because the current capacity of medical waste management in Indonesia is smaller compared to the growth of medical waste. Several research results indicate that the conditions for the management of medical waste in community health centers still encounter various obstacles. This paper aims to conduct a literature review on matters relating to the medical waste management in community health center and influencing variables. The results of the study are in the form of a framework for conducting a more comprehensive study in order to overcome the problem of managing medical waste at community health centers.

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EVALUATION OF SOLID MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF PUSKESMAS IN CIANJUR DISTRICT

Journal of Public Health for Tropical and Coastal Region ◽

10.14710/jphtcr.v2i2.6187 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 20-32

Author(s):

Edo Muhammad ◽

Tri Joko ◽

Nurjazuli Nurjazuli

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Waste Management ◽

Community Health ◽

Health Center ◽

Community Health Centers ◽

Community Health Center ◽

Medical Waste ◽

Health Centers ◽

Public Health Center ◽

Medical Waste Management

Some of the waste produced by community health centers is hazardous waste and can pose a number of health and environmental risks if management is not in accordance with the requirements. This study aims to evaluate the conditions for managing solid medical waste in the Cianjur Regency community health center. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive study. The results of the study show that the public health center with the HR condition is quite 90% and less 10%. Public health center with budget conditions in good category 73.3%, and quite 26.7%. Community health center with a condition of facilities and infrastructure of less than 50% category, and quite 50%. Community health centers with SOP conditions in the category of both 90%, and less than 10%. Public health center with conditions for sorting and storing good categories of 46.7%, and enough of 53.3%. all community health centers have sufficient conditions for collecting medical waste. Community health center with conditions for transporting medical categories of waste both 60%, enough 26.7%, and less 13.3%. Community health center with temporary storage conditions medical waste is quite 83.3%, and less 16.7%. a public health center whose medical waste management officers had experienced an accident of 13.3%, whose officers had never had an accident of 86.7%. The conclusion of this study is that most public health center medical waste management is in accordance with the requirements, which are not yet appropriate are aspects of HR, facilities and infrastructure, sorting, use of PPE and Temporary Storage Places.

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