TY  - JOUR
T1  - Qualitative and Quantitative Survey of Waste Management System
Case Study: Qods Hospital, Paveh-Iran (2015)
AU - Abdollahzadeh, Diyari AU - Pirsaheb, Meghdad AU - Sohrabi, Younes AU - Dabirian, Mahdi 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 5
SP  - 1065
EP  - 1068
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2016.1065.1068
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2016.1065.1068
KW  - Waste
KW  -management
KW  -hospital
KW  -qods
KW  -Paveh
AB  - Among different sources of medical wastes, hospitals are one of the main and biggest sources. Hospital wastes including pathological, radioactive, pharmaceutical, chemical and infectious materials and medical equipment are known for their many hazardous, poisonous and pathogenic factors. The descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in Qods Hospital-Paveh City in 2015. The wastes were categorized in four categories of household, infectious, sharp objects and chemical/pharmaceutical. Based on the number of active beds in hospital waste volume per day/bed was computed. The data analyses were performed in EXCEL.On average waste production level in Qods Hospital of Paveh City was 102 kg/day. Nominal bed number of the hospital is 70 and 64 beds were active on average every day. Waste production rate per active beds in the hospital was comparatively less than Tehran-based (2.71 kg/day.bed) and Zanjan-based (2.402 kg/day.bed) hospitals.
ER  -