Medical Waste Management Florida

 

Medical waste on the basis of quantity and type of etiologic agents present is virtually impossible. The most practical approach to medical waste management is to identify wastes that represent a sufficient potential risk of causing infection during handling and disposal and for which some precautions likely are prudent. Medical Waste Management Florida  Health-care facility medical wastes targeted for handling and disposal precautions include microbiology laboratory waste The researchers made frequent visits to the hospital to find out how solid medical waste is generated, stored, collected, and disposed of. Interviews were carried out with key personal such as the incinerator operator, infection control sister, and matron. Waste collection workers were also interviewed to establish how they collect and store solid material waste. Waste generated by health care activities includes a broad range of materials, from used needles and syringes to soiled dressings, body parts, diagnostic samples, blood, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and radioactive materials the waste at the points of generation, codisposal of hazardous and nonhazardous waste types, and use of open-fire pits and substandard incinerators for burning infectious waste. This has increased the potential for the spread of infections and chemical pollutants. A cross-sectional study was conducted in five hospitals in Ghana to assess behavioral patterns on waste sorting and the effectiveness of hospital waste management in Ghana.