Sustainable Management and Environment of the Hospital Wastes: A Comparative Study of Two Public Hospitals in Morocco

Q4 Environmental Science

Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.5276/jswtm/2022.465

K. Ech-Chayeb, N. Auajjar, S. Hamama, A. Elmniai, E. Hicham, B. Attarassi

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The present work aims to study the waste management of infectious hazardous waste from two local hospitals in Morocco: Idrissi hospital of Kenitra and Ibn Baja hospital of Taza. This is a descriptive, exploratory, and cross-sectional study conducted in five departments: intensive care, maternity, emergency, dialysis, and medicine running from June to November 2018. The questionnaires were conducted on 160 health workers. It is remarked that, among 160 questionnaires distributed, 127 answers were obtained (response rate of 79.3%). During the six months of the study, 1778 observations were made. At the level of different care units, the results show that the WHAIR sorting was inadequate in 56% of the sections and the use of the color coding system was effective in 80% of the ones. The containers of the sharps collection were available in 80% of the suites and the transportation inside the hospital was done manually in 60% of cases. Approximately, 65.8% of the employees have not received any training and 90% believe that the outreach work is insufficient.

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医院废弃物的可持续管理与环境:摩洛哥两家公立医院的比较研究

本工作旨在研究摩洛哥两家地方医院的传染性危险废物的废物管理：凯尼特拉的Idrissi医院和塔扎的Ibn Baja医院。这是一项描述性、探索性和横断面研究，于2018年6月至11月在五个部门进行：重症监护、产科、急诊、透析和医学。问卷调查对象为160名卫生工作者。据指出，在分发的160份问卷中，获得了127份答案（回复率为79.3%）。在研究的六个月里，共进行了1778次观察。在不同护理单位的层面上，结果显示，56%的科室的WHAIR分类不充分，80%的科室使用颜色编码系统是有效的。80%的套房都有收集锐器的容器，60%的病例在医院内手动运输。大约65.8%的员工没有接受过任何培训，90%的员工认为外联工作不足。

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Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management Environmental Science-Waste Management and Disposal

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management is an international peer-reviewed journal covering landfill, recycling, waste-to-energy, waste reduction, policy and economics, composting, waste collection and transfer, municipal waste, industrial waste, residual waste and other waste management and technology subjects. The Journal is published quarterly (February, May, August, November) by the Widener University School of Engineering. It is supported by a distinguished international editorial board.