Hospital waste management status in university hospitals of the Fars province, Iran

International Journal of Environmental Health Research
Mehrdad AskarianGholamhosein Kabir

Abstract

Hospital waste contains large quantities of hazardous materials. In Iran, as in many developing countries, not much attention has been paid to this matter. Little information is available regarding the generation and disposal of medical waste in Iran, and this fact hinders planning for a better management of the aforementioned waste. This paper describes a survey performed on the collection and disposal of waste in the university hospitals of the Fars province, which are the medical referral centres in the southern half of the country, and the results obtained are fully discussed. The lack of separation between hazardous and non- hazardous waste, an absence of necessary rules and regulations applying to the collection of waste from the hospital wards and the on-site transport to a temporary storage location, a lack of proper waste treatment, disposal of hospital waste along with municipal garbage, insufficient training of personnel, insufficient personal protective equipment and lack of knowledge regarding the proper use of such equipment, were the main findings. For a rapid improvement of existing conditions, performing extensive research for the assessment of present situation in the hospitals of this country, compilation of ...Continue Reading

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Mar 19, 2014·Journal of Infection and Public Health·Mahbobeh OroeiMehrdad Askarian
Jul 27, 2010·Waste Management·Mehrdad AskarianOjan Assadian
Apr 22, 2009·Waste Management·L F MohamedA A Al-Thukair
Oct 31, 2006·Waste Management·Sahar Mohamed Soliman, Amel Ibrahim Ahmed
Sep 25, 2010·Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology·M R FakoorzibaM D Moemenbellah-Fard
Oct 12, 2011·Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA·Mehrdad AskarianCharles John Palenik
Feb 28, 2013·Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA·Mehrdad AskarianMina Danaei
Jul 25, 2008·Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA·Mohammad ArabMahmoud Mahmoudi
Jun 3, 2009·Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA·Mahdi FarzadkiaSahand Jorfi
Feb 8, 2019·Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering·Leila GhasemiRamin Nabizadeh
Jul 7, 2017·Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology·Malini R Capoor, Kumar Tapas Bhowmik

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