Int. J. Renewable Energy & Environmental Engineering
ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763
VOLUME 02 NO. 03 JULY 2014:
Title: Medical Waste Management at Hospitals in Dhaka City: A
case study
Authors: Zerin Binte Alam,
Md. Ashiqur Rahman, Muhammed Alamgir, Khondoker Mahbub
Hassan
Abstract: Medical waste (mw) is
infectious and hazardous. It poses serious threats to
environmental health and it requires specific treatment
and management prior to its final disposal. Improper
disposal of mw provides hazardous situation which leads
to contamination of nearby communities. This research
focuses on the present status of medical waste
management (mwm) in dhaka city and to assess the
possible environmental consequences of improper disposal
of mw. Two hospitals in dhaka were purposively selected
as sample for data collection to quantify the amount of
wastes generated from here and observing the existing
system of mwm. It was observed that the non-hazardous
waste was treated and disposed with the domestic waste
of dhaka city corporation (dcc) and hazardous waste was
managed specially. The amount of total generated
hazardous waste of shaheed sohrawardy medical college
hospital (ssmch) was found 15.02 kg/day, 23.84 kg/day,
and 15.425 kg/day in 2010, 2011, and 2012 respectively.
From national institute of mental health (nimh)
generated waste amount was 3.02 kg/day, 4.28 kg/day
and8.07 kg/day in 2010, 2011, 2012 respectively. But it
has been observed existing mwm is not satisfactory at
all. The work also reveals that the level of knowledge
and awareness about the risk of mw among the individuals
involved in the medical industry needs to be risen to
standard level to
ensure spontaneous participation to proper management of
mw. Also there is a need for an improvement of handling
and disposal methods of mw in almost all the available
health care facilities (hcf).
Keywords: Dhaka City Corporation, Medical
Waste, Improper Disposal,Waste Management
Pages: 152-159