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Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste

The present study was undertaken to determine the bacterial agents present in various clinical solid wastes, general waste and clinical sharp waste. The waste was collected from different wards/units in a healthcare facility in Penang Island, Malaysia. The presence of bacterial agents in clinical...

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Main Authors: Hossain, Md. Sohrab, Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Balakrishnan, Venugopal, Puvanesuaran, Vignesh, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab
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Published: MDPI 2013
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RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling my.iium.irep.316822014-05-21T07:23:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31682/ Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste Hossain, Md. Sohrab Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini Balakrishnan, Venugopal Puvanesuaran, Vignesh Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab RS Pharmacy and materia medica The present study was undertaken to determine the bacterial agents present in various clinical solid wastes, general waste and clinical sharp waste. The waste was collected from different wards/units in a healthcare facility in Penang Island, Malaysia. The presence of bacterial agents in clinical and general waste was determined using the conventional bacteria identification methods. Several pathogenic bacteria including opportunistic bacterial agent such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens, Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes were detected in clinical solid wastes. The presence of specific pathogenic bacterial strains in clinical sharp waste was determined using 16s rDNA analysis. In this study, several nosocomial pathogenic bacteria strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Lysinibacillus sphaericus, Serratia marcescens, and Staphylococcus aureus were detected in clinical sharp waste. The present study suggests that waste generated from healthcare facilities should be sterilized at the point of generation in order to eliminate nosocomial infections from the general waste or either of the clinical wastes. MDPI 2013-02 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31682/1/infectious.pdf Hossain, Md. Sohrab and Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini and Balakrishnan, Venugopal and Puvanesuaran, Vignesh and Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam and Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab (2013) Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10 (2). pp. 556-567. ISSN 1660-4601 (O), 1661-7827 (P) http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/2/556 10.3390/ijerph10020556
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
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language English
topic RS Pharmacy and materia medica
spellingShingle RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Hossain, Md. Sohrab
Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini
Balakrishnan, Venugopal
Puvanesuaran, Vignesh
Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam
Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab
Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste
description The present study was undertaken to determine the bacterial agents present in various clinical solid wastes, general waste and clinical sharp waste. The waste was collected from different wards/units in a healthcare facility in Penang Island, Malaysia. The presence of bacterial agents in clinical and general waste was determined using the conventional bacteria identification methods. Several pathogenic bacteria including opportunistic bacterial agent such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens, Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes were detected in clinical solid wastes. The presence of specific pathogenic bacterial strains in clinical sharp waste was determined using 16s rDNA analysis. In this study, several nosocomial pathogenic bacteria strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Lysinibacillus sphaericus, Serratia marcescens, and Staphylococcus aureus were detected in clinical sharp waste. The present study suggests that waste generated from healthcare facilities should be sterilized at the point of generation in order to eliminate nosocomial infections from the general waste or either of the clinical wastes.
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author Hossain, Md. Sohrab
Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini
Balakrishnan, Venugopal
Puvanesuaran, Vignesh
Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam
Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab
author_facet Hossain, Md. Sohrab
Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini
Balakrishnan, Venugopal
Puvanesuaran, Vignesh
Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam
Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab
author_sort Hossain, Md. Sohrab
title Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste
title_short Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste
title_full Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste
title_fullStr Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste
title_full_unstemmed Infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste
title_sort infectious risk assessment of unsafe handling practices and management of clinical solid waste
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/31682/1/infectious.pdf
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