Quantitative assessment of medical waste generation in the capital city of Bangladesh.

نویسندگان

  • Masum A Patwary
  • William Thomas O'Hare
  • Graham Street
  • K Maudood Elahi
  • Syed Shahadat Hossain
  • Mosharraf H Sarker
چکیده

There is a concern that mismanagement of medical waste in developing countries may be a significant risk factor for disease transmission. Quantitative estimation of medical waste generation is needed to estimate the potential risk and as a basis for any waste management plan. Dhaka City, the capital of Bangladesh, is an example of a major city in a developing country where there has been no rigorous estimation of medical waste generation based upon a thorough scientific study. These estimates were obtained by stringent weighing of waste in a carefully chosen, representative, sample of HCEs, including non-residential diagnostic centres. This study used a statistically designed sampling of waste generation in a broad range of Health Care Establishments (HCEs) to indicate that the amount of waste produced in Dhaka can be estimated to be 37+/-5 ton per day. The proportion of this waste that would be classified as hazardous waste by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines was found to be approximately 21%. The amount of waste, and the proportion of hazardous waste, was found to vary significantly with the size and type of HCE.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Waste management

دوره 29 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009