Estimation of Different Categories of Healthcare Waste Generated at Two Different Hospital Categories in Four Hospitals in Dar es Salaam City — Oak Academic Publishing
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Estimation of Different Categories of Healthcare Waste Generated at Two Different Hospital Categories in Four Hospitals in Dar es Salaam City
Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania
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Open University of Tanzania, Department of Environmental Studies, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1 Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania
2 Open University of Tanzania, Department of Environmental Studies, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
3 Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
This study aims to estimate the quantity of healthcare waste categorically generated in four different healthcare in Dar es Salaam city namely, Muhimbili National Hospital, Mwananyamala Regional Referral Hospital, Temeke Regional Referral Hospital and Ilala Regional Referral Hospital to evaluate the quantities of medical waste generated based on their level and capacity. Waste was collected in different categories of non-infectious, sharps, infectious, infectious plastics, and pathological waste which were measured daily for fourteen (14) consecutive days in all hospitals by using a weighting scale and observational checklist to document related waste management information and the assessment of the healthcare waste generation in each hospital. The average general healthcare waste generation rate per healthcare ranges from 298.9 kg/day to 1554.4 kg/day. The high fluctuation in general medical waste was established to be attributed to specialization difference between one hospital to the other, and the large number of in-patients and out patients between hospitals. The overall average sharps waste generation rate was established to range from 8.5 ± 2.7 - 13.9 ± 1.8 kg/day. Higher values of sharps waste generated observed at Muhimbili hospital are due to emergency cases referred to from other hospitals located within the city and from the surrounding districts and other regions of the country. The results from this study, raise alarm to hospital administrators, and other health stakeholders working in related fields to give special attention and priority in setting a related share in their budgets for proper management of medical waste in their health facilities.
KeywordsHealthcareDar es SalaamInfectious WasteEnvironmental HazardsMedical WasteHospital Solid Waste
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