EVALUATE ON CURRENT STATUS OF MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE DISTRICT HOSPITALS, DAK NONG PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives: To Describe the status of medical waste, the management of solid waste in the infectious medical district hospitals of Dak Nong Province. Subjects and Methods: Designing cross-sectional descriptive study was implemented from June to July 2014 in all seven district hospitals of the province of Dak Nong. Perform observations of solid waste management infections in 29 medical faculties of 7 hospitals, interviewed 398 health workers, 14 samples tested infectious waste, 12 water samples of hospital waste, 12 samples incinerator emissions medical. Results: The amount of infectious medical waste generated in the 24-hour average of 0.25 kg/bed. In the composition of solid medical waste infection: Linen, cotton, gauze percentage of 37.68%. Nylon, plastic, rubber accounted for 20.27%. Glass accounted for 6.03%. Proportion of health workers know full treatment of solid waste is 2.27% infection. Proportion of faculties perform proper waste classification is 24.14%, with 20.69% of the ward for infectious wastes into ordinary waste, 58.62% of the faculty for each common waste into infectious waste. Only 2/7 the original hospital waste handling have a high risk of infection, 100% of hospital waste storage than the time prescribed. 100% of wastewater samples and incinerator emissions do not meet regulations. In 14 infectious waste samples taken at random at 7 hospitals contaminated samples 13/14 Total coliforms, Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections form 9/14, 2/14 samples infected with Staphylococcus aureus. Key words: Medical waste, solid waste