Generation of infectious and non-infectious waste in abbottabad, Pakistan

Abstract

This study is mainly concerned with the generation of solid waste and its management in the Ayub Medical Complex (AMC) Abbottabad. The hospital serves approximately 1600 to 1800 patients daily. This study provides the estimates of the quantity of different kinds of solid wastes produced and the current solid waste management situation at the hospital. The results indicate that approximate rate of solid waste generation is 464.7 kg day-1, which includes about 37.4 kg day-1i-e 8% of infectious solid waste, and 427.3 kg day-1i-e 92% of non-infectious waste. Besides this, the achievements of this study include the statistical data of solid waste on daily basis from all the departments, which was collected by the sampling at the point of generation. The mean generation rates were found to be 1.04 kg per patient per day. According to the results the highest waste generation of solid waste was observed in Gynae department that was nearly 118 kg day-1and lowest waste was observed in Psychiatry that was almost 0.2 kg day-1.