International Journal of Health Policy Planning(IJHPP)

School of Social and Natural Science, State University of Zanzibar, P. O. Box 146, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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• Research Article   
  Factors Affecting Proper Medical Waste Management (A Case Study of Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar-Tanzania)
  Author(s): Said Suleiman Bakari*, Rahibu A. Abassi, Rehema Abdalla Ally, Hassan Rashid Ali and Rashid Juma Rashid
  
  The Mnazi Mmoja Hospital (MMH) was selected as it is the central hospital found in Zanzibar Islands. The study was conducted to examine factors affecting proper medical waste management at (MMH) in Zanzibar. It assesses the storage, separation, collection methods, transportation and evaluates modes of medical waste disposal to the final disposal point. A sample of 50 MMH staffs including doctors, nurses, infection prevention control staffs, and wastes handlers were considered for the study using case study design. The questionnaire survey includes demographic profile; storage, separation and collection methods; transportation methods; treatment and disposal methods, and basic questions that have effect on proper medical wastes management was designed in a closed-ended format as well as direct observation was also included. The data shows that proper medical wastes management at MMH is.. Read More»
  

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