Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
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MONGOLIA 7<br />
MANAGEMENT OF<br />
HEALTHCARE WASTE<br />
<strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> waste in Mongolia is divided into<br />
two broad categories, general wastes and<br />
healthcare wastes. <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> wastes in turn is<br />
subdivided into infectious waste, sharps,<br />
pharmaceutical waste, genotoxic waste,<br />
pressurized containers, radioactive waste,<br />
pathological and chemical wastes as shown in<br />
Figure below.<br />
Classification of <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Pathological<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Infectious<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Radioactive<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Pressurized<br />
container<br />
Chemical<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Sharps<br />
CHAPTER 3_COUNTRY ANALYSIS<br />
As of 2005, About 2.65 tons of healthcare<br />
waste was produced every day in Ulaanbaatar<br />
(0.78 tons of medical waste and 1.87 tons of<br />
general wastes). <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> waste generation<br />
rate in the inpatient services of public<br />
healthcare facilities is observed to be about<br />
1.5-3 times higher than in the outpatient<br />
services. The outpatient facilities generated<br />
between 0.01 and 0.14 kg of medical wastes<br />
and between 0.01 and 0.79 kg of general<br />
wastes per patient/day. Inpatient facilities<br />
generated between 0.03 and 0.14 kg of<br />
medical wastes and between 0.12 and 0.38 kg<br />
of general wastes per patient/day.<br />
Pharmaceutical<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
Geotoxic<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
General<br />
<strong>Waste</strong><br />
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