Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

GENESIS OF THE REPORT
This section discusses the genesis
of the report, “Healthcare Waste
in Asia: Intuitions and Insights”,
arising from the study conducted by
3R Knowledge Hub. This section
presents components of the study
addressing all aspects of healthcare
waste in 12 member countries of the
Thematic Working Group on Solid
and Hazardous Waste. Table below
lists the countries covered in the
study.
Member Countries of TWGSHW
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
COMPONENTS OF THE STUDY
1. Country specific information on
healthcare facilities
Obtaining micro level, specific information
such as profile of the healthcare facilities
and hospitals, that is classified under
different categories, and scale and level of
services offered by them.
2. Healthcare waste generation
Obtaining the waste generation rates based
on the capacity of the hospitals as well as
the overall generation per year in order to
project the magnitude of HCW. Obtaining
information on the characteristics, and
composition of waste such as contribution
of sharps, general waste, plastics and
infectious waste in total waste generated to
assess the adequacy of the present
treatment methods and handling system.
3. Healthcare waste management
Collecting information on the type of
collection, with the details of segregation
practices, use of color-coding containers or
bags based on the composition of waste
generated, details on storage facilities of
waste that has to be disposed out side the
facilities till disposal time. Information on
the transportation systems used based on
system of disposal and treatment adopted
in the facilities and region e.g., the
centralized and decentralized system for
incineration adopted in many countries,
type of transportation system. The current
treatment and disposal methods of
healthcare waste based on the type of
waste such as, autoclaving and incineration
for infectious waste that is commonly
noticed and addressed in the facilities of
different scale.
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