Open AccessBiomedical Waste Management in Kandahar City
Author(s) -
Khadem Hussain Saeedi,
Abdul Wahid Monib
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american international journal of biology and life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2641-5623
pISSN - 2641-5615
DOI - 10.46545/aijbls.v1i2.55
Subject(s) - biomedical waste , business , health care , public health , population , human health , immigration , waste management , environmental planning , environmental health , medicine , engineering , political science , nursing , geography , law
Biomedical wastes management is one of the most important issues in public health centers and it is a crucial issue for environmental sectors as well. Wrong and inappropriate management treat the life of human beings in Kandahar City. Currently the population of this city has exponentially increased than ever because of the immigration of many people from neighboring provinces. This research was conducted in 15 districts of Kandahar public and private health care centers to identify the current biomedical waste management in Kandahar city. The qualitative and quantitative date was collected through a questionnaire from public and private hospitals, clinics and health care centers. In addition, discarding, segregating, labeling, transporting and disposing system of biomedical waste were observed. The result showed that 65.3% newly hired biomedical waste staff not received training or instruction. Furthermore, the result indicates that 44% generated biomedical wastes are regulated by municipality and color coding is not followed accordingly. Current biomedical waste is not appropriate based on designed international standards and the criteria suggested by world health organization.