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HEALTH-CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRESENTED BY Gloria Agguh

HEALTH-CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRESENTED BY Gloria Agguh. OUTLINE.

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HEALTH-CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRESENTED BY Gloria Agguh

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  1. HEALTH-CARE WASTEMANAGEMENTPRESENTED BY Gloria Agguh

  2. OUTLINE Definition of healthcare waste; Classify the types of healthcare waste; Discuss the risks and hazards of healthcare wastes Discuss the key steps in healthcare waste management Waste segregation; Healthcare waste transportation; Healthcare waste storage; Disposal /treatment methods of healthcare waste.

  3. DEFINITION WHO defines Health Care Waste (HCW) as the total waste stream from a healthcare or research facility that includes both potential risk waste and non-risk waste materials. It is also defined as any waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings.

  4. CATEGORIES OF HCWs

  5. CATEGORIES OF HCWs

  6. CLASSIFICATION AND WASTE • On the basis of their likelihood to cause major health hazards, health care waste are further classified into • HIGH RISK WASTE • Infection Wastes • Chemical Wastes • Pharmaceutical Wastes • Radioactive Wastes

  7. CLASSIFICATION OF WASTE Pressurized containers LOW RISK WASTE General wastes from offices HEALTH CARE WASTE MGMENT

  8. CLASSIFICATION OF WASTE IN OGO-OLUWA HOSPITAL • Highly infectious: comprise blood and blood product • Infectious waste e.g. Urine, biological waste, pharmaceutical waste e.tc. • Non infectious /General waste

  9. RISK OF HCWs HCW create a variety of health risks to: The health care provider The Recipient or patient The community /Environment

  10. Implications of healthcare waste: Health implication To the health care provider and patients Needle stick injuries (accidental or intentional as in re-cap, reuse or wrong technique) Cuts from other sharps not properly disposed Exposure to radioactive material

  11. CONTINUATION Infections: Transmission of infections e.g hepatitis A,B,C,HIV/AIDS Enteric infections transmitted by flies feeding on waste e.g. cholera, dysentery, Skin infections resulting from direct contact with waste.

  12. CONTINUATION Chronic diseases: Incineration operators are especially at risk of chronic respiratory diseases, resulting from exposure to dust and hazardous compounds Accidents: Wounds, most often infected, resulting from contact with sharp items. Poisoning and chemical burns resulting from contact with small amount of hazardous chemical waste mixed with general waste.

  13. Implication of healthcare waste: Environmental implication • Injury from improperly disposed sharps • Environmental pollution or degradation, e.g. air, water • Exposure to radioactive waste • Toxic waste effects • Public nuisance (offensive smells, unsightly derbris)

  14. WHO IS AT RISK? • All workers in the health care facilities • Patient • The general public • Service provider workers who are involved in the collection and disposal of health care waste (Ward Aids)

  15. Steps in HCW Management • Plan: Have a HCW management plan Waste minimization: Avoid unnecessary waste e.g. use oral drugs instead of injection if possible Segregation: Implement a system of separating sharps, infectious and general waste Access: waste segregation materials Safety: Make use of personal protective equipment.

  16. CONTINUATION • Transportation: onsite and off site Treatment: this may be by incineration,(uses both heat and chemical reaction: oxidation by atmospheric oxygen) microwave or chemicals (Alkali, Chlorine cpds like hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide) Disposal: Appropriate release of treated waste into soil, water or air. Immunize: Against hepatitis B and also have post exposure care for HIV. Capacity building: train all levels of health care staff

  17. WASTE SEGREGATION • Separating different types of waste at the point of generation and keeping them isolated from each other • It is the most important step in the entire process of HCW Management

  18. WHO RECOMMENDED COLOUR CODING FOR HCW SEGREGATION

  19. OGO-OLUWA HOSPITAL COLOUR CODING FOR SYSTEM

  20. Plastic bags Plastic Container

  21. Containers Use For Sharps In Ogo-Oluwa Hospital

  22. HCW TREATMENT • Treatment means any method technique or process for altering the biological, chemical, or physical characteristic of waste. This is to render it non infectious or reduce the hazards it present during further handling. It can be done by incineration, autoclaving e.t.c

  23. HCW DISPOSAL • Disposal of HCW means “to bury, deposit, discharge, dump, or the release of any HCW into air, land or water.

  24. Importance of proper waste disposal • Minimizes the spread of infection and reduces the risk of accidental injury to staff, patients visitors and community • Reduces odors; • Improve the facility internal safety and hygiene.

  25. BEFORE HCWM AFTER HCWM

  26. Thanks for audience Gloria Agguh

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