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Hospital Waste Management in Nonteaching Hospitals of Lucknow City, India

OBJECTIVE: To assess hospital waste management in nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow city. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted on the staffs of nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow from September 2012 to March 2013. A total of eight hospitals were chosen as the study...

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Autores principales: Manar, Manish Kumar, Sahu, Krishna Kumar, Singh, Shivendra Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25657950
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.148122
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To assess hospital waste management in nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow city. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted on the staffs of nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow from September 2012 to March 2013. A total of eight hospitals were chosen as the study sample size. Simple random sampling technique was used for the selection of the nonteaching hospitals. A pre-structured and pre-tested interview questionnaire was used to collect necessary information regarding the hospitals and biomedical waste (BMW) management of the hospitals. The general information about the selected hospitals/employees of the hospitals was collected. RESULTS: Mean hospital waste generated in the eight nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow was 0.56 kg/bed/day. About 50.5% of the hospitals did not have BMW department and colored dustbins. In 37.5% of the hospitals, there were no BMW records and segregation at source. Incinerator was used only by hospital A for treatment of BMW. Hospital G and hospital H had no facilities for BMW treatment. CONCLUSION: There is a need for appropriate training of staffs, strict implementation of rules, and continuous surveillance of the hospitals of Lucknow to improve the BMW management and handling practices.