Healthcare Waste Management: The Current Issue in Menellik II Referral Hospital, Ethiopia

The Management of Healthcare Waste

Diabetes Mellitus in Outpatients in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, Ethiopia

INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Most people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries and these will experience the greatest increase in cases of diabetes over the next 22 years. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and associated factors of diabetes ...

Healthcare waste generation and management practice in government health centers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND Healthcare wastes are hazardous organic and inorganic wastes. The waste disposal management in Addis Ababa city is seen unscientific manner. The waste management practice in the health facilities are poor and need improvement. This study will help different organizations, stakeholders and policy makers to correct and improve the existing situation of healthcare waste legislation and ...

Benefits and costs of alternative healthcare waste management: an example of the largest hospital of Nepal.

BACKGROUND Management of health-care waste is an essential task, which has important consequences for public health and the well-being of society. Economic evaluation is important for strategic planning and investment programming for health-care waste management (HWM). A cost-benefit analysis of an alternative method of HWM in Bir hospital, Nepal was carried out using data recently collected fr...

Healthcare Waste Management: Qualitative and Quantitative Appraisal of Nurses in a Tertiary Care Hospital of India

BACKGROUND The nurse's role in healthcare waste management is crucial. OBJECTIVES (1) To appraise nurses quantitatively and qualitatively regarding healthcare waste management; (2) to elicit the determinants of knowledge and attitudes of healthcare waste management. METHOD A cross-sectional study was undertaken at a tertiary care hospital of Mangalore, India. Self-administered pretested que...