Medical waste management practices in primary, secondary, and tertiary hospitals in Anhui Province, China.
Improper medical waste management threatens public health and the environment. The objective of this study was to investigate the practices of medical waste management in different level hospitals. A multicenter study was conducted in 566 hospitals in Anhui Province, China. A self-designed online qu...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Environmental Health Research Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 3371 - 3380 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2025
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=189081364&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 189081364 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09603123 57L jtl: International Journal of Environmental Health Research issn: 09603123 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Nov2025 vid: 35 iid: 11 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 189081364 184290738 189081364 189081364 10.1080/09603123.2025.2486593 189081364 ppf: 3371 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Medical waste management practices in primary, secondary, and tertiary hospitals in Anhui Province, China. aug: au: Lyu, Yi-Yu Wu, De-Quan Li, Ruo-Jie Wang, Xue-Ping Hu, Xiao-Qian Huang, Kai Yan, Xiang Yang, Xi-Yao Zhou, Qiang Wu, Yi-Le affil: Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China sug: subj: Medical Waste Disposal Evaluation Primary Health Care China Secondary Health Care China Tertiary Health Care China Hospitals China Health Facility Administration Human China Multicenter Studies Questionnaires Hazardous Materials Government Regulations Occupational Safety Transportation Cross Sectional Studies Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test Descriptive Statistics ab: Improper medical waste management threatens public health and the environment. The objective of this study was to investigate the practices of medical waste management in different level hospitals. A multicenter study was conducted in 566 hospitals in Anhui Province, China. A self-designed online questionnaire was applied to collect the hospital's characteristics, amount and handling practices of medical waste, and occupational safety measures. The average generation rates of medical waste were 0.62 kg/bed, 0.43 kg/bed, and 0.46 kg/bed per day in tertiary hospitals, secondary hospitals, and primary hospitals, respectively. Different levels of hospitals varied in implementing medical waste management in regulations and processes, segregation, collection, transport, temporary storage centers, disposal, special medical waste, and disposal personnel's protective measures. Partial practices of medical waste management in some surveyed hospitals were not well performed, especially in primary hospitals. Hospitals should pay more attention to all processes of medical waste management, strengthen management of highly infectious and hazardous waste, and provide sufficient training and protective measures. Besides, effective policies are recommended for monitoring compliance with regulations and improving proper medical waste management. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|