Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
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Classification of <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
General<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Infectious<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Chemical<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Sharps<br />
<strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Clinical <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Clinical <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Radioactive<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Generation<br />
Type of hospital<br />
Central General<br />
Hospital<br />
Provincial General<br />
Hospital<br />
Provincial<br />
Specialty Hospital<br />
Compressed<br />
Containers<br />
Anatomical<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Pharmaceutical<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Average number<br />
of bed<br />
Rate of general<br />
waste (kg/bed/day)<br />
Figure (left) presents the classification of<br />
healthcare waste.<br />
A secondary estimate indicates that about<br />
60,000 tons per annum of healthcare waste<br />
are generated in Vietnam. The main sources<br />
of hospital waste generation are from medical<br />
examination and treatment, domestic wastes<br />
generated by patients, their relatives and<br />
medical personnel, and common activities in<br />
hospitals such as kitchen wastes and garden<br />
wastes etc.Table below presents some of the<br />
results obtained during a survey for the<br />
National Master Plan on <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Solid<br />
<strong>Waste</strong> Management in 2002. The Table<br />
presents the average generation of healthcare<br />
solid waste in the various categories of<br />
hospitals.<br />
The daily generation of hazardous waste from<br />
hospitals is estimated at about 50 – 75 tons<br />
comprising about 22% of healthcare waste.<br />
The average bulk density of the healthcare<br />
waste is 150 kg/m 3 with water content of<br />
almost 40% and calorific value of 2150 kcal/<br />
kg. The healthcare waste composition from<br />
different regions in Vietnam as in 1988 is<br />
shown in Figure (top right).<br />
Hazardous<br />
healthcare waste<br />
(kg/day)<br />
95 HEALTHCARE WASTE IN ASIA: INTUITIONS & INSIGHTS<br />
Rate of hazardous<br />
healthcare solid<br />
waste (kg/bed/day)<br />
600 0.85-1 175 0.3<br />
325 0.7-1 85 0.25<br />
125 0.8-0.95 25 0.15-0.25<br />
District Hospital 75 0.6-0.85 15 0.15<br />
Branch Hospital 65 0.6-0.85 5 0.15<br />
Policlinic 5 0.7-0.9
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