Analysis of hospital waste using a healthcare waste management index

被引：9

作者：

Aghapour, Pooyaneh ^{[1
]}

Nabizadeh, Ramin ^{[2
,3
]}

Nouri, Jafar ^{[1
]}

Monavari, Masoud ^{[4
]}

Yaghmaeian, Kamyar ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Islamic Azad Univ, Grad Sch Environm Management, Dept Environm Sci, Tehran, Iran

[2] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Environm Hlth Engn, Tehran, Iran

[3] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Ctr Air Pollut Res, Inst Environm Res, Tehran, Iran

[4] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Grad Sch Environm & Energy, Dept Environm Sci, Tehran, Iran

来源：

TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY | 2013年 / 95卷 / 04期

关键词：

healthcare waste; waste management; infectious waste; state law for healthcare waste; waste disposal; FARS PROVINCE; ALTERNATIVES; STANDARDS; DISPOSAL; SOUTH;

D O I：

10.1080/02772248.2013.802792

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Risks associated with healthcare waste management have gained attention across the world at local and international events. Poor management of healthcare waste may expose health workers and public to hazardous wastes from healthcare establishments. It is therefore important to review the adopted practices. In this study, 39 hospitals in Tehran were surveyed by collecting data through an expert-standardized questionnaire. The healthcare waste management index (HWMI) is introduced as a mathematical instrument to convert and aggregate scores of different waste management stages into a single number representing the quality of waste management. Currently, the status of the healthcare waste management is excellent for 3, good for 13, medium for 18, and poor for 5 of the surveyed hospitals.

引用

页码：579 / 589

页数：11

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