Abstract: A review of hospital waste management systems was performed to understand the knowledge and awareness of individuals involved in hospital waste generation, handling and disposal, and to quantify hospital wastes production and their various types in Rajshahi city. The purpose of the study is to provide direction for further study. Data were collected by field investigation and conducting interview in the selected hospitals. It was found that a variety of methods were used by the medical facilities to dispose their wastes including open dumping, land filling and incineration. The waste disposal practice was found to be quite unsafe, and both clinical and non-hospital wastes were found to be thrown together. There was insufficient awareness of the magnitude of the hospital waste issue by concerned individuals at different levels from director or divisional head to tokai (waste pickers). The results revealed that the present waste disposal system was unhygienic and unsafe. To manage hospital solid waste, use of single practices cannot solve the management problems. This study is to research and discuss about hospital solid waste management practices in Rajshahi city, so that; we can detect the main management problem of hospital solid waste. In addition, we also can plan a new and better practice of hospital solid waste for the future. Keywords: Disposal, Labeling, Packaging, Segregation, Treatment.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-07-05
Language: en
Type: article
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