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Objective: The overall objective of this study is to diagnose the current biomedical waste system and to propose a rational one to decrease the morbidity associated with these types of waste in the health district of Keur Massar in the suburb of Dakar Senegal. Methodology and results: This cross sectional and descriptive study has involved all medical structures and personnel. The population of the district is about two hundred twenty thousand four hundred and thirty three (220 433) in 2016 according to the national statistics and demography agency for an overall area of 25 km2. There are 11 health posts, 03 maternity wards, and 01 health center, and 16 head nurses, midwives and care unit managers, 14 officers handling the biomedical wastes and a medical district officer. The results have shown that the production of soft waste in the medical district of Keur Massar has been estimated to 48.04 tons/year. The quantity of spikes produced is estimated to 1.948.287 kg/year. Head post and managers who have been formally well trained in biomedical waste management (BWM) represent 31.25% of the overall entities. Biomedical waste personnel handlers represent 21.43%. Those who have not been trained at all represent 68.75% among the head nurses and care waste managers, and 78.57% among the personnel handling the waste. Nurse heads and care unit managers percentage have a good understanding of all risks related to biomedical wastes is 62.5% For the personnel manipulating the wastes,42.86% have a good knowledge of the risks related to BW (Biomedical Waste). For the prevention means, 68.75% among the health care unit managers make sure they gave these means to the personnel and 50% of this same personnel use these equipment. Concerning the biomedical waste handlers, 57.14% of the personnel have no knowledge of the risks related to biomedical waste, contrary to head nurses and unit managers where the percentage is 37.50%. Conclusion and Results Implementation: This study made it possible to establish a real diagnosis of waste management in the district of Keur Massar and propose some solutions. It has revealed a lack of means, a personnel training failure and a waste management difficulty in the district of Keur Massar. Thus, a sorting system forth with an appropriate labelling should be established in all medical structures to insure sensitization and medical personnel training as well as sorting and labelling waste managers, and to keep a waste management book and make compulsory the wearing of protection gloves and masks.

Évaluation du système de traitement des déchets biomédicaux solides dans la commune de Keur Massar, en banlieue dakaroise au Sénégal.