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Hospital waste is “Any waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research” in a hospital. ... Hospital Waste Management means the management of waste produced by hospitals using such techniques that will help to check the spread of diseases through.
Explanation:
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.
The committee was composed of the director of the hospital, associate director of nursing, infection control nurses and the director of housekeeping.
The plan was in four phases: background information, identification of problems, intervention and monitoring.
The following are the possible problems envisaged: (1) Change of contracted housekeepers and/or environmental cleaning services. (2) Lack of awareness of healthcare staff. (3) Inaccurate disposal of waste items in the designated receptacles. (4) Failed means of collection, transporting or storage. (5) Injuries resulting from inaccurate disposal of hazardous healthcare waste items such as needles and glassware.
The flow of hazardous healthcare waste should be well controlled from the sources of generation to the final treatment. The plan presented here is an important step for the proper managment of hazardous healthcare waste. It provides an appraisal of the profile of generation, collection, transportation and storage of healthcare waste in a hospital.
Having a policy and a set of procedures that regulate the handling of healthcare waste is essential for the implementation of an effective plan of management. The policy and procedure ought to take into consideration the peculiar setting of the hospital. The classification of waste items generated by the individual hospital as hazardous healthcare or other wastes should be very clear and precise.4,5 There should be no problems with any staff attitude on the disposal of waste items.6,7 Measures to deal with spillage of waste and the failure of the on-site final treatment method should be dealt with in the policy and procedure.
Healthcare waste is viewed as a defect of the healthcare provision.8 With the expansion of the use of disposable medical items, this defect has also expanded.9 Healthcare providers should be educated on the generation of waste in the course of providing healthcare and encouraged to utilize medical items rationally. Orientation on the way the hospital handles healthcare waste should be made part of all in-service training and education programs. All hospital staff regardless of status, medical students and cleaners not excepted, should be responsible for the proper handling of healthcare waste.10 It is vital to motivate the healthcare staff to follow the policy and procedure paying particular attention to the correct disposal of waste items into the proper receptacles. Contracted house keepers and/or environmental services should be well-acquainted with the layout of the hospital and comprehend thoroughly the policy and procedure of that hospital on the management of waste in order to use the proper methods of disposal.
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It decreases the dangers and risks to the communities which can be at risks due to hospitals. Decrease in the incidence of HIV/AIDS, sepsis, hepatitis, and other diseases spread by infectious medical equipment takes place by accurate waste management
An autoclave may also be used to treat biomedical waste. An autoclave uses steam and pressure to sterilize the waste or reduce its microbiological load to a level at which it may be safely disposed of. Many healthcare facilities routinely use an autoclave to sterilize medical supplies.