| Author | Eakchai Paranan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.EV-97-16 |
| Subject(s) | Hospitals--Waste disposal--Thailand--Bangkok
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. EV-97-16 |
| Abstract | Upgrading of hospital waste management was done in Children's Hospital by separating
solid waste into 3 groups; general waste, infectious waste and hazardous waste. This hospital
had 538 beds with bed occupancy rate (BOR) 61.52% could produce general and infectious
waste by 585 and 60 kg./day, respectively. The rate of generation of general and infectious
waste were 1.77 and 0.18 kg./bed-day, respectively. General waste had physical characteristic
consisted of total combustible and non-combustible by 89.13 and 10.87 percent, respectively
and had bulk density of 0.15 kg/I. By solid waste auditing it was found that waste office paper
A4 size, glass container and plastic container have potentially to be recycled by 100% but could
reduce the weight and volume of general waste by 56.92 kg./day and 9.77%, respectively. On
the other hand if the reduction program to reduce newspaper, magazine, craft paper, boxes,
bottle of drinking water and oil and plastic cups is provided by segregating at sources of
generation, it was estimated to reduce the weight and volume of general waste by 123 kg./day
and 21.11 %, respectively. The hospital has benefits not only to reduce the weight, volume of
waste and selling recycle potential waste that can make the money about 5,535 Bahts/month
but also to increase quality of life, which can not be quantified in monetary terms.
It was found that general and infectious waste were not segregated properly. In
addition, the collectors were also not equipped with personal protection equipment. Therefore,
an integrated waste management programs should include inoculating person at risk with
hepatitis and tetanus vaccine, providing personal protection equipment for the collectors
dealing with infectious waste, compiling a master listing of hazardous waste type and initiating
training program and reduction program. These steps could be successfully implemented by
involving the top manager. |
| Year | 1997 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. EV-97-16 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering (EV) |
| Chairperson(s) | Samorn Muttamara; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Visvanathan, C. ;Sompol Boonthanon; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1997 |