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The Changing Pattern of the Quantum of Biomedical Waste Generated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi
Background As a consequence of growth and advancement in health care, production of health care waste has seen an exponential upward trend. Waste from individual health care facilities can vary based on the nature and scope of health care services they provide. Objectives To analyze the amount of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8154343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34054242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1723056 |
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author | Achra, Arvind Mahajan, Rakesh Kumar Sahoo, Sambit |
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description | Background As a consequence of growth and advancement in health care, production of health care waste has seen an exponential upward trend. Waste from individual health care facilities can vary based on the nature and scope of health care services they provide. Objectives To analyze the amount of biomedical waste generated by a tertiary care hospital. Methods Biomedical waste generated by the hospital from 2005 to 2019 was quantified and analyzed to calculate the total amount of incinerable waste, recyclable plastic waste, and sharp and glass waste. The amount of waste generated per bed per day and the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) were also calculated. Results The total amount of biomedical waste generated in 2005 was 65,658 kg, which has substantially increased to 374,712 kg in 2019, with a CAGR of 12.5%. The hospital was producing average biomedical waste of 0.179 kg/bed/day in 2005, which has increased four times in 2019 to reach 0.709 kg/bed/day. The overall estimated plastic waste was 31% of the total biomedical waste in 2005 and 53% in 2019. Conclusion The generation of biomedical waste is likely to see significant upward trends unless diligent deliberations are held between different stakeholders in regard to the reintroduction of reusable materials and waste reduction strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-81543432021-05-28 The Changing Pattern of the Quantum of Biomedical Waste Generated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi Achra, Arvind Mahajan, Rakesh Kumar Sahoo, Sambit J Lab Physicians Background As a consequence of growth and advancement in health care, production of health care waste has seen an exponential upward trend. Waste from individual health care facilities can vary based on the nature and scope of health care services they provide. Objectives To analyze the amount of biomedical waste generated by a tertiary care hospital. Methods Biomedical waste generated by the hospital from 2005 to 2019 was quantified and analyzed to calculate the total amount of incinerable waste, recyclable plastic waste, and sharp and glass waste. The amount of waste generated per bed per day and the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) were also calculated. Results The total amount of biomedical waste generated in 2005 was 65,658 kg, which has substantially increased to 374,712 kg in 2019, with a CAGR of 12.5%. The hospital was producing average biomedical waste of 0.179 kg/bed/day in 2005, which has increased four times in 2019 to reach 0.709 kg/bed/day. The overall estimated plastic waste was 31% of the total biomedical waste in 2005 and 53% in 2019. Conclusion The generation of biomedical waste is likely to see significant upward trends unless diligent deliberations are held between different stakeholders in regard to the reintroduction of reusable materials and waste reduction strategies. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-03 2021-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8154343/ /pubmed/34054242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1723056 Text en The Indian Association of Laboratory Physicians. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Achra, Arvind Mahajan, Rakesh Kumar Sahoo, Sambit The Changing Pattern of the Quantum of Biomedical Waste Generated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi |
title | The Changing Pattern of the Quantum of Biomedical Waste Generated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi |
title_full | The Changing Pattern of the Quantum of Biomedical Waste Generated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi |
title_fullStr | The Changing Pattern of the Quantum of Biomedical Waste Generated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi |
title_full_unstemmed | The Changing Pattern of the Quantum of Biomedical Waste Generated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi |
title_short | The Changing Pattern of the Quantum of Biomedical Waste Generated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi |
title_sort | changing pattern of the quantum of biomedical waste generated from a tertiary care hospital in delhi |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8154343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34054242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1723056 |
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