Medical waste management in Iraq:a case study of Baghdad

作     者：Montazer K.Mensoor 

作者机构：International Center for TrainingResearch and Development(ICTRD)BaghdadIraq 

出 版 物：《Waste Disposal and Sustainable Energy》 (废弃物处置与可持续能源（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第2卷第4期

页      面：329-335页

核心收录：

学科分类：0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0401[教育学-教育学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 08[工学] 

基　　金：This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public  commercial  or not-for-profit sectors 

主　　题：Medical waste Waste management Hospitals Baghdad Iraq 

摘      要：There is a lack of information about medical waste management in *** study aims to monitor and evaluate the cur-rent situation of medical waste management in Baghdad as it represents the capital and the biggest populated city in *** 32%of hospitals are located in *** state-owned hospitals in Baghdad with the biggest bed capacity were *** study used structured interviews with staff in charge of waste management in the sampled hospitals to col-lect *** results showed that the generation rate of medical waste in the ten hospitals was 0.5 kg/(bed·day).The study also found that there were insufficient,ineffective,and improper isolation,collection,storing,processing,and safe disposal of medical wastes in the sampled public hospitals of *** study recommended that the Iraqi Ministry of Health takes extensive and quick effective measures to better monitor and evaluate medical waste management and provide ongoing training to personnel responsible for waste management in the hospitals.