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Journal Article
Medical waste management at three hospitals in Jenin district, Palestine
2020
Overview
Medical wastes are considered hazardous because they may possess infectious agents and can cause unsafe effects on the environment and human health. This study is to analyze and evaluate the current status of medical waste management at Jenin’s district in light of medical waste control regulations recommended by the World Health Organization. The results demonstrated that the average hazardous healthcare waste generation rate ranges from 0.54 to 1.82 kg/bed/day with a weighted average of 0.78 kg/bed/day. There was no established waste segregation of healthcare waste types in all hospitals, and these wastes were finally disposed of in a centralized municipal sanitary landfill, namely Zahrat Al-Finjan. The results suggest that there is a need for activation and enforcement of medical waste laws. This can be achieved through cooperation among key actors: Ministry of Health, Environmental Quality Authority, Ministry of Local Government, and Non-Governmental Organizations working in related fields. Additional remediation measures proposed to tackle the problematic areas of medical waste management in Jenin’s district hospitals are addressed. Some recommendations to minimize potential health and environmental risks of medical waste are also introduced.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
/ Earth and Environmental Science
/ Ecology
/ Females
/ Hazardous Waste - legislation & jurisprudence
/ LDCs
/ Medical Waste - legislation & jurisprudence
/ Medical Waste Disposal - legislation & jurisprudence
/ Medical Waste Disposal - methods
/ Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
/ NGOs
/ Nongovernmental organizations
