A survey on home generated medical wastes during Hajj event

International Journal of Bioassays Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.21746/IJBIO.2018.7.3.1

A. F. Alsebaei

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Medical waste is mainly generated from activities at health care facilities, but may also be generated at homes and crowded communities such as Hajj event (pilgrimage). In these cases, they would become harmful and threaten the health of pilgrims and visitors. The study was carried out to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, practice regarding home generated medical wastes among pilgrims and to estimate the prevalence of the most common types of these hazardous wastes during Hajj event in pilgrims’ hotels. Questionnaire survey was conducted using a cross sectional design among a random sample population and the respondents were questioned about the types of medical waste they had generated. About 56% of the respondents had low knowledge about any awareness program related to home generated medical waste while 73.7% of them had positive attitude and were ready to respond to the any orientation or educational program regarding medical waste management. The answers of participants were varied regarding their hygienic practice towards medical wastes depending on the type of the medical waste; masks, bandages, residues of medicines and needles with ratio of 65.5%, 61.2%, 58.1% and 51.4%, respectively. The total home generated medical wastes during Hajj event were estimated to be 155.1 tons with a ratio of 14.1 tons/day and 6 g/pilgrim/day. Of these wastes, 42.3% were gloves, 16.6% were masks, 8.9% were medicines residues and 7.3% were gauze. The most common medicine residues were found to be glucose bottles (12.5%) and IV fluids (11.6%). It was concluded that Hajj pilgrims had positive attitude to respond to the any orientation program. The rate of generation of home solid medical waste generated during Hajj is estimated to be high; therefore it is recommended that community awareness initiatives, educational and proper training programs should be launched among housekeepers and the residents of hotels and buildings on the safe methods of disposal of home generated medical wastes during seasons.

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朝觐期间家庭医疗废弃物调查

医疗废物主要产生于卫生保健设施的活动，但也可能产生于家庭和拥挤的社区，如朝觐活动。在这种情况下，它们会变得有害，并威胁到朝圣者和游客的健康。进行这项研究是为了评估朝觐者对家庭产生的医疗废物的知识、态度和做法，并估计朝觐者酒店在朝觐活动期间最常见的这些危险废物类型的流行情况。采用横断面设计在随机抽样人群中进行问卷调查，并询问答复者他们产生的医疗废物类型。约56%的受访者对家庭产生的医疗废物的相关宣传活动的了解程度较低，而73.7%的受访者对医疗废物管理方面的任何指导或教育活动持积极态度，并愿意作出回应。与会者对医疗废物的卫生做法的回答因医疗废物的类型而异;口罩、绷带、药品残余物和针头的污染比例分别为65.5%、61.2%、58.1%和51.4%。朝觐期间家庭产生的医疗废物总量估计为155.1吨，比例为14.1吨/天，6克/天。手套占42.3%，口罩占16.6%，药品残留占8.9%，纱布占7.3%。最常见的药物残留是葡萄糖瓶(12.5%)和静脉输液(11.6%)。结果表明，朝觐朝圣者对各种迎新活动的反应态度积极。据估计，朝觐期间产生的家庭固体医疗废物的产生率很高;因此，建议在酒店和建筑物的管家和居民中开展社区意识倡议、教育和适当的培训方案，使他们了解在季节处理家庭产生的医疗废物的安全方法。

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