| Author | Yin Lai Yee Oo |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.EV-06-43 |
| Subject(s) | Hospitals--Waste disposal--Myanmar--Yangon
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. EV-06-43 |
| Abstract | This study was carried out to study the current situation of hospital waste management in Yangon City and management issues of resource recovery practices from hospitals. There are 64 government hospitals in Yangon city and uncountable numbers of clinics and pharmaceuticals. The total waste generation in Yangon city is 2200 ton/ day which comprises 60% of Kitchen, 15% of Market, 2% of Hotels, 5% of Garden, 10% of Commercial and 8% of other wastes. Hospital waste includes in the other wastes and it can be estimated about 176 ton/ day which is 8% of 2200 ton/day. Hospital wastes are categorized into Hazardous waste and Non-Hazardous wastes. Hazardous wastes are wastes that cause adverse effects to human health and environment. Non-hazardous wastes include general waste such as food wastes. It is important to separate hazardous waste and non hazardous wastes not only from public health and environmental point of view but also from resource recovery and recycling aspects. Better waste management such as segregation of recyclable wastes from general wastes and some moderately hazardous wastes are necessary for optimizing the resource recovery. For moderately hazardous wastes, they must be pre-treated for health concerns recovery business. These become the management issues such as awareness of the personnel from hospitals and current practices of waste segregation and disposal. Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) is not only responsible for solid waste management but also hospital waste management in Yangon city. The inadequacies in the current hospital waste management practices in Yangon city are mainly defined in the aspect of recycling of hospital waste without treatment before recycling. The issues that need to consider are lack of appropriate protective equipments and clothing for workers and cleaner staffs handling of hospital waste, lack of training. This study indicates that the needs of introducing appropriate policy of waste management and appropriate recycling technologies of recyclable hospital waste by the administrative levels of hospitals and government. In comparison of hospital waste management, hospital waste management in Yangon is needed to provide the training for hospital staffs. Current system does not follow WHO guidelines especially in training of hospital staffs. Therefore, hospital management level and government should provide trainings to hospital staffs for improving the current hospital waste management practices. |
| Year | 2006 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. EV-06-43 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
| Chairperson(s) | Aramaki, Toshiya |
| Examination Committee(s) | Annachhatre, Ajit P.;
Preeda Parkpian |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | AIT Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2006 |