Murad Qadir, Rafat Murad, Naveed Faraz.
HOSPITAL WASTE MANAGEMENT; Tertiary care hospitals.
Professional Med J Jan ;23(07):802-6.

Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge and practices of hospital administration regarding hospital waste management at Tertiary Care Hospitals of Karachi. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Period: June 2014 to December 2014. Methods: Study was conducted in fifteen tertiary care hospitals. Five government, eight private and two trust hospitals were selected by quota sampling technique. Information was collected from selected hospital waste management staff, using a pretested questionnaire regarding knowledge and practices of hospital waste disposal. Results: Data shows that only 33.3% had knowledge regarding infectious and noninfectious waste disposal and 27% of the understudy hospitals were separate infectious and noninfectious waste. Only 20% of the total hospitals were using proper method for the separation of the sharps.93.3% hospital waste management staff was not vaccinated against hepatitis ‘B’ and tetanus. Only 53.3% hospitals have their own incinerator facilities. Conclusions: This study showed that the practices employed by the hospital waste management staff were not safe. There is a need to implement the recommended SOP’s of hospital waste management program.

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