Health-Care Waste Management In Lao PDR: A Case Study  

Oleh:

Phengxay, Soulivanh ; Okumura, Junko ; Miyoshi, Miki ; Sakisaka, Kayako ; Kuroiwa, Chushi ; Phengxay, Manilay

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Waste Management & Research vol. 23 no. 6 (Dec. 2005), page 571-581.
Topik: Waste management; medical waste; health-care waste; public health; environmental pollution; Lao PDR; wmr 884–3
Fulltext: 571.pdf (198.17KB)

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This study investigated the health-care waste (HCW) management at each health-care facility level at two selected sites in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR): Vientiane Municipality; and Bolikhamxay province. It focused on the amount of HCW, its segregation and the factors influencing HCW management, particularly segregation procedures. A high proportion of incorrectly segregated medical waste was found at each level of health-care facility. Re-segregation revealed 39, 62, 57 and 37% at national hospital, provincial hospital, district hospital and health centre level, respectively, was poorly segregated. The mean of generated HCW was 0.62 kg/bed per day (Vientiane Municipality) and 0.38 kg/bed per day (Bolikhamxay) at two study sites. A higher proportion of medical waste (MW) from the inpatient department at the primary health-care level was found. Thus, HCW management at primary health-care facilities needs more attention and should be better understood.

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