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Abstract
Assessment of waste management practices in hospitals of Islamabad and Abbottabad-Pakistan
Highlights
Some studies have even revealed that hospital waste management is not up to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards in developing countries [4] and Pakistan is one such developing country
Main factor which we found greatly influential in the waste management is education
A legislation in the form of document name “Hospital Waste Management Rules, 2005” from government on Hospital waste management is available which clearly states that it is the duty and responsibility of hospital authorities and staff working under them to properly dispose Hospital’s wastes (HW) in such a way that it cause no more threat to environment and beings living in that environment (Environment Protection Act 1997)
Summary
Studies from Pakistan reported that majority of hospitals and independently working physicians do not practice proper methods of waste handling and disposal [6] which results in the direct and frequent contact of doctors, patients, visitors and other people around to hazardous hospital wastes [2,7] For this reason present study was conducted in private and public hospitals of Islamabad and Abbotabad. The main objectives of this study are to review the currently practiced waste management methods in Islamabad and Abbottabad’s private and government hospitals and to identify the factors which influences the proper waste disposal Materials and methods This was a qualitative type of research in which we used designed survey forms and questionnaires and interviewed concerning authorities. The personnel administrating the waste management departments of each hospital were contacted to get the authentic information
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