Manar Manish Kumar, Sahu Krishna Kumar, Singh Shivendra Kumar
Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Shrinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Karnataka, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2014 Oct-Dec;3(4):393-5. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.148122.
To assess hospital waste management in nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow city.
A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted on the staffs of nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow from September 2012 to March 2013. A total of eight hospitals were chosen as the study sample size. Simple random sampling technique was used for the selection of the nonteaching hospitals. A pre-structured and pre-tested interview questionnaire was used to collect necessary information regarding the hospitals and biomedical waste (BMW) management of the hospitals. The general information about the selected hospitals/employees of the hospitals was collected.
Mean hospital waste generated in the eight nonteaching hospitals of Lucknow was 0.56 kg/bed/day. About 50.5% of the hospitals did not have BMW department and colored dustbins. In 37.5% of the hospitals, there were no BMW records and segregation at source. Incinerator was used only by hospital A for treatment of BMW. Hospital G and hospital H had no facilities for BMW treatment.
There is a need for appropriate training of staffs, strict implementation of rules, and continuous surveillance of the hospitals of Lucknow to improve the BMW management and handling practices.
评估勒克瑙市非教学医院的医院废物管理情况。
2012年9月至2013年3月对勒克瑙市非教学医院的工作人员进行了一项横断面描述性研究。共选取八所医院作为研究样本量。采用简单随机抽样技术选取非教学医院。使用预先构建并经过预测试的访谈问卷收集有关医院及医院生物医学废物（BMW）管理的必要信息。收集了所选医院/医院员工的一般信息。
勒克瑙市八所非教学医院产生的平均医院废物为0.56千克/床/天。约50.5%的医院没有BMW部门和彩色垃圾桶。37.5%的医院没有BMW记录且未进行源头分类。仅医院A使用焚化炉处理BMW。医院G和医院H没有BMW处理设施。
需要对勒克瑙市医院的工作人员进行适当培训，严格执行规定，并持续进行监督，以改善BMW管理和处理做法。
