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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 393-395 |
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Hospital waste management in nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow City, India
Manish Kumar Manar1, Krishna Kumar Sahu2, Shivendra Kumar Singh1
1 Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Community Medicine, Shrinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Krishna Kumar Sahu
Department of Community Medicine, Shrinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.148122
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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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