Analysis on Medical Waste Management and Disposal in Kunming City

2014 ◽  
Vol 878 ◽  
pp. 532-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Qiu ◽  
Chun Li Ye ◽  
Chang Bing Ye
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Difficult Problem ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Western China ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
The Government

Medical waste is a special category of waste with potential health and environment risks. Medical waste management and disposal is a difficult problem in the western China because the shortage of financial support. Kunming city was selected to assess the current achievement and experience of medical waste management and disposal. Kunming municipal government solved the problem of medical waste disposal by adopting the model of BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer). The analyzed results showed that there was a good achievement of medical waste disposal in Kunming city that medical waste disposal realized centralized and normalized disposal, and centralized disposal had amounted to one hundred percent in urban area since 2006. Medical waste disposal in Kunming city mainly includes three steps, that is,the sort and collection of respective medical institutions, the centralized collection and transport of Kunming Center for Medical Waste Centralized Disposal (KCMWCD) and incineration . Kunming municipal government approved franchise for Medical waste disposal. The government has strengthened the medical waste disposal by building the effective administrative monitoring system of medical waste, organizing some meetings and visiting the place of medical waste disposal for relevant person and training them, and imposing the medical waste disposal fee on medical institution.

scholarly journals Medical waste management at different hospitals of Anand and nearby areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Urvashi Mishra ◽  
Sarjoo Patel ◽  
Kushan Shah
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
General Information ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
The Government ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
The City

The increased number of hospitals with rising number of beds generate about 1.5 to 2 kg waste per day and per bed. This gives an insight about the volumes of waste generated from the government and private sector hospitals per day. Therefore, the hospital waste management is of utmost importance in the present public health scenario, where the occurrence and recurrence of the infectious diseases is a major public threat. The objective of this research was to find out how hospitals can benefit from improving medical waste management practices. In the questionnaire, survey questions were formulated for gathering data. The questionnaire was designed in such a way that it can provide general information about the hospital staff along with their knowledge about the medical waste and their concern regarding the waste disposal-training program. It was found that the importance was being laid on proper waste disposal only and much less focus was given on waste minimization and recycling of the waste. The study has found that the city can benefit both environmentally and economically by improving the medical waste management at different hospitals.

Рroven experience in implementing proposals for improving the medical waste management system in military medical institutions of the ministry of defense of the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
S. A. Tsutsiev ◽  
O. G. Prigorelov ◽  
S. N. Vasyagin ◽  
P. A. Soshkin
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Medical Waste Management

Aim: the authors share their proven experience of participating in the development and scientific support of proposals for improving the medical waste management system.Materials and methods. The study was carried out in the format of research work to substantiate proposals for improving the system of medical waste management in extreme conditions.Results. It was found that the system of medical waste management, which functions stably under the conditions of daily activities in peacetime, in extreme situations fails and creates a risk of spreading infectious diseases among the personnel of medical institutions, the population, as well as environmental pollution. This problem is obvious also for military medical institutions of various power structures. The essence of the proposals is to maximize reduction of the stages of the waste life cycle, which in the applied aspect is implemented by equipping military medical institutions with standard installations for the disposal of any medical waste.Conclusion. The value of the conducted research lies not only in the innovative nature of the proposals made, but also in the fact that they were made long before the events associated with the epidemic of coronavirus infection. The results of this work were neither appreciated at their true worth in a timely manner, nor received wide publicity and, as a result, they have not fully used to carry out preventive measures.

scholarly journals Medical waste management

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Milan Krivokuća
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Reduction Potential ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Economic Advantage ◽  
Integrated Method ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
Hierarchical Management

Medical waste management is of great importance for people and the environment. Irresponsible management and classification of medical waste can lead to environmental hazards and cause health risks to both employees and patients. Traditional waste disposal on landfills are the most common form of waste disposal in our country, although the authors see the most efficient incineration solution as a more appropriate method or an integrated method of hierarchical management from the generation stage to waste treatment, which brings economic advantage and risk reduction potential damages. In order to live in harmony with the environment, the problem of waste disposal must be recognized as one of the important tasks of all structures involved in its creation and disposal.

scholarly journals How to Dispose of Medical Waste Caused by COVID-19? A Case Study of China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 12127
Author(s):  
Min Su ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Rongrong Li
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Global Epidemic ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Process System ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
And Control

The rapid increase in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients also means a rapid increase in medical waste that could carry the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). How to safely dispose of medical waste caused by COVID-19 is a huge challenge that needs to be solved urgently. The outbreak of the COVID-19 has led to a significant increase in the daily generation of medical waste in China and has placed a severe test on the Chinese medical waste disposal system. Unlike ordinary wastes and garbage, medical waste that is untreated or incompletely treated will not only cause environmental pollution, but also directly or indirectly cause infections and endanger people’s health. Faced with difficulties, the Chinese government formulated a policy for medical waste management and a response plan for the epidemic, which provides policy guarantee for the standardized disposal of epidemic medical waste. In addition, the government and medical institutions at all levels formed a comprehensive, refined, and standardized medical treatment process system during research and practice. China has increased the capacity of medical waste disposal in various places by constructing new centralized disposal centers and adding mobile disposal facilities. China has achieved good results in the fight against COVID-19, and the pressure on medical waste disposal has been relieved to a certain extent. However, the global epidemic situation is severe. How to ensure the proper and safe disposal of medical waste is related to the prevention and control of the epidemic situation. This study summarizes China’s experience in the disposal of medical waste in the special case of COVID-19 and hopes to provide some reference for other countries in the disposal of medical waste.

Hospital medical waste management in Shandong Province, China

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruoyan Gai ◽  
Chushi Kuroiwa ◽  
Lingzhong Xu ◽  
Xingzhou Wang ◽  
Yufei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Management System ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
The Government ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Medical waste refers to those hazardous waste materials generated by healthcare activities, including a broad range of materials, and remains as an issue on both public health and environment. In China, there was inadequate information on the implementation of management systems in hospitals based on the national regulatory framework. The objectives of this study were to assess the current situation of medical waste management and to identify factors determining the implementation of a management system based on the national regulatory framework in hospitals. We investigated 23 general hospitals in both urban and rural areas of Shandong Province, China, by both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The medical waste generation rate was 0.744, 0.558 and 1.534 kg bed— 1 day—1 in tertiary hospitals, urban secondary hospitals and county hospitals, respectively. There is a wide disparity between implementation in tertiary, secondary and county hospitals. With increasing financial, technological, and materials investment, a management system has been established in tertiary and secondary hospitals. Financial support and administrative monitoring by the government is urgently needed to build a sound management system in hospitals located at remote and less-developed areas. In those areas issues in the financial, administrative and technical aspects should be further examined.

scholarly journals Responsibility of The Government of The City of Banda Aceh in Facilitating Medical Waste Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-182
Author(s):  
Alifa Nisrina ◽  
Efendi Efendi
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
City Government ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
The Government ◽  
Banda Aceh

Article 13 Permenkes No. 18 of 2020 states, Local Governments have the responsibility to facilitate the management of medical waste. In reality, the Banda Aceh City Government has not provided facilitation in the management of medical waste in Banda Aceh City. The purpose of the study was to determine the form of facilitation provided by the Banda Aceh City Government and the policies taken in the management of medical waste. The main data of this study is secondary data and is supported by primary data. Secondary data was obtained from legislation, scientific journals and books, while primary data was obtained through interviews. The results showed that the facilitation provided by the Banda Aceh City Government was only in the form of socialization and advocacy to cross-sectors and monitoring and evaluation of Health Service Facilities. The medical waste management facilitation policy has not been implemented in accordance with the Minister of Health Regulation No. 18 of 2020 and the Banda Aceh City Sanitation Strategy 2010-2025.

scholarly journals MEDICAL WASTES MANAGEMENT A POLICY REVIEW

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ganis
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Price Policy ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Limit Time ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hospital Clinic

Abstract   Since so many mishandling of medical waste in various places in Indonesia that has endangered our environment by the potential disease that easily can spread to our society , it is very important for all of us to address it on how to improve the medical waste management. There are area of improvement needed in our regulation, public policies disciplines and social awareness and especially the importance of proper handling of medical waste by the medical waste producers such as hospital, clinic and laboratories. This study is not intended to produce scientific theory but more focus on how to solve the problem of medical waste with the limit time and less costly manner or in the other words as a macro diagnosis of “the main causes of the problems” of medical waste management in Indonesia. This study has made clear conclusion that Indonesia has to follow the basic principle and guidelines of International standards and recommends improvement of the coordination between Ministry of Health and Ministry of Environment, toward “one roof policy”, “strong political will of top government to empower MOE and also Law No. 18, 2008 and Law No. 32, 2009 must be reviewed toward “Polluter pay the price” Policy. The government also must allocate sufficient fund to function as regulator and controlling body and increase social awareness for environmental health.   Key note: Medical waste, public policy, environmental health

RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN 6 PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS HIGHLAND AREA 2011-2013

2016 ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
Duy Tao Tran ◽  
Trong Si Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Contamination Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
Central Highlands

Objective: Monitoring and evaluation of air environmental quality, waste water and medical waste management activities in some hospitals in the Central Highlands. Research Methodology: Cross-sectional descriptive survey was deployed in 6 provincial hospitals of the Central Highlands in 7th- 8th months every year for 3 years, 2011, 2012, 2013. Observing the process of waste management in hospitals, weighing the medical solid waste generated daily, sampling and environmental monitoring of air, water waste samples after treatment of hospitals. Findings: The percentage of substandard sample of radioactive 2011 was 5.88%, in 2012 was 5%, 2013 was 0.02%. Mainly in dose laboratories, rinse the nuclear medicine department, hatch covers radioactive waste storage. 100% of the air sample of wastewater treatment areas have NO2 target and 60% of SO2 target sample have not reached allowed regulations. The atmosphere at the garbage area hospitals in Kon Tum and Lam Dong provinces through 2 years of monitoring in 2012, 2013 exceeded SO2 target standards. Monitoring results incinerator emissions sample at 3 hospitals: Kontum, Gia Lai, Dak Nong in 3 years reached Regulations allow. The observation sample treated waste water of the hospital in 2013 with low contamination rate than in 2011 and 2012 in terms of physics and chemistry. Particularly criteria Total coliforms 3 years are from 40-50% of samples exceeded standards. Regarding waste management, the results of monitoring in 2013 showed that 60% of faculties have sharps instruments and 20% of the faculties have satisfactory utensils anatomical waste. 59.48% of the faculties have the guidelines for waste separation. Condition misclassified not many and occur in two hospitals Gia Lai, Dak Lak. Only Lam Dong hospitals have waste transportation vehicles secured closed during transport. The amount of waste / beds / 24 hours is 1.097kg. In particular infectious waste is 0.26kg. Only two hospitals in Daklak, Lam Dong has generated radioactive waste with a total of 0.9 kg/day. Key words: Medical waste, medical waste management.

A Review of Medical Waste Management in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaniyi FC ◽  
Ogola JS ◽  
Tshitangano TG
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
South African ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
African Government ◽  
The Past ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Medical Waste Management

Background:Poor medical waste management has been implicated in an increase in the number of epidemics and waste-related diseases in the past years. South Africa is resource-constrained in the management of medical waste.Objectives:A review of studies regarding medical waste management in South Africa in the past decade was undertaken to explore the practices of medical waste management and the challenges being faced by stakeholders.Method:Published articles, South African government documents, reports of hospital surveys, unpublished theses and dissertations were consulted, analysed and synthesised. The studies employed quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods and documented comparable results from all provinces.Results:The absence of a national policy to guide the medical waste management practice in the provinces was identified as the principal problem. Poor practices were reported across the country from the point of medical waste generation to disposal, as well as non-enforcement of guidelines in the provinces where they exit. The authorized disposal sites nationally are currently unable to cope with the enormous amount of the medical waste being generated and illegal dumping of the waste in unapproved sites have been reported. The challenges range from lack of adequate facilities for temporary storage of waste to final disposal.Conclusion:These challenges must be addressed and the practices corrected to forestall the adverse effects of poorly managed medical waste on the country. There is a need to develop a medical waste policy to assist in the management of such waste.

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