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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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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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author | Manar, Manish Kumar Sahu, Krishna Kumar Singh, Shivendra Kumar |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-43113492015-02-05 Hospital Waste Management in Nonteaching Hospitals of Lucknow City, India Manar, Manish Kumar Sahu, Krishna Kumar Singh, Shivendra Kumar J Family Med Prim Care Original Article 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. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4311349/ /pubmed/25657950 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.148122 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Manar, Manish Kumar Sahu, Krishna Kumar Singh, Shivendra Kumar Hospital Waste Management in Nonteaching Hospitals of Lucknow City, India |
title | Hospital Waste Management in Nonteaching Hospitals of Lucknow City, India |
title_full | Hospital Waste Management in Nonteaching Hospitals of Lucknow City, India |
title_fullStr | Hospital Waste Management in Nonteaching Hospitals of Lucknow City, India |
title_full_unstemmed | Hospital Waste Management in Nonteaching Hospitals of Lucknow City, India |
title_short | Hospital Waste Management in Nonteaching Hospitals of Lucknow City, India |
title_sort | hospital waste management in nonteaching hospitals of lucknow city, india |
topic | Original Article |
url | 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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