Management and disposal of clinical waste in Sarawak general hospital
Proper and controlled clinical waste management and disposal is one of the most important things in every places that practicing medicine. Therefore, the ‘cradleto-grave’ concept was used to ensure the effectiveness of the clinical waste management in this country. The routes taken by the clinica...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | en en |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4549/1/Mohammad%20Khalis.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4549/3/Mohammad%20Khalis%20Afham%20Bin%20Md%20Sahlan.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4549/ |
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| Summary: | Proper and controlled clinical waste management and disposal is one of the
most important things in every places that practicing medicine. Therefore, the ‘cradleto-grave’
concept was used to ensure the effectiveness of the clinical waste
management in this country. The routes taken by the clinical waste must be managed
properly. In this report, study about the clinical waste management and disposal was
made in the Sarawak General Hospital. Every stages and processes that involve in
clinical waste management and disposal in Sarawak General Hospital was observed
and classified. The types of clinical waste generated from this hospital was been
differentiated from the observation. Besides, the sources of the clinical waste from the
Sarawak General Hospital been recognized from this study. Laws and regulations
regarding to the scheduled waste (clinical waste) waste were legislated by the
Department of Environment and Ministry of Health also been understand. This is for
ensuring the parties that involve in clinical waste management and disposal (generator
and contractor) carry out the duty perfectly. Infectious diseases can be separated
easily if the clinical waste management and disposal was ignored. The processes that
involve in getting the study result are the site visit (Sarawak General Hospital),
interview, and distribute the questionnaires. From the study result, the contractor was
excellently following all the processes in clinical waste management and disposal in
Sarawak General Hospital. |
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