ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL AND AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES, ZARIA, NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

Healthcare services are aimed at improving wellbeing and preventing potential human health risks and environmental hazards. In the process, however, wastes that are potentially harmful are generated. Poor management of these healthcare wastes (HCW) exposes the health workers, patients, waste handlers and the general public to health risks. Thus, this study focussed on the assessment of HCW management practices at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria and Ahmadu Bello University Health Service (ABUHS) A.B.U. Zaria. The study utilised two sets of questionnaire to capture HCW management practices including collection, segregation, storage, disposal and treatment. One of the set of questionnaire was administered to all the waste handlers while the second set of questionnaire was administered to all the heads of waste management units in each of the hospitals. While the former was used for identifying the HCW management practices in the two hospitals, the latter was used f...