Question

collect information about how the waste is managed in hospitals

Answer 1

It is wise to bear in mind the wastepotential of these supplies when making an order. Recycling practices are set up by hospitals to reduce healthcare waste, protect the environment and save money. The weight of healthcare waste is related to the items considered as medicalwaste.

Answer 2

Hospitals are important sites for the generation of waste. Every department in the hospital generates waste and the overall product is waste of different kinds; healthcare, household and administrative waste. Healthcare waste includes infectious, chemical, expired pharmaceutical and radioactive items and sharps. These items can be pathogenic and environmentally adverse. They are referred to in this article as hazardous healthcare waste. Other waste items generated through healthcare but not hazardous include medication boxes, the packaging of medical items and food, remains of food, and waste from offices.

The management of hospital generated waste is not only the responsibility of the hospital administration but also of every department and every healthcare providing personnel in the hospital. It is a process that should begin at the site of generation where medical waste has to be properly collected and segregated from other non-hazardous waste in specific color-coded receptacles. Transportation of hazardous healthcare waste should be well mapped in the hospital and conveyed by special carts. Storage should be carried out in utility rooms specially prepared for this purpose. Various methods, on-site or off-site are available for the final treatment of hazardous healthcare waste.1,2 The work force handling this kind of waste should be thoroughly trained.

There are reports of programs directed at the reduction of hazardous healthcare waste and the control of the cost of disposal.3 Evaluating the individual hospital profile of generation and flow of hazardous healthcare waste is a necessary primary step required for initiating effective management of hospital generated waste. This article reports the plan designed and used by the hospital waste management committee in King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia, to upgrade the management of hospital waste. This plan which is efficient, cost-effective and that requires no extra human resources can also be used in other hospitals.


Recycling practices are set up by hospitals to reduce healthcare waste, protect the environment and save money. ... Central to any plan is the proper maintenance of the physical line of handling hazardous healthcare waste i.e., the means of collection, transportation and storage.

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