--- abstract: 'Waste generation depends on numerous factors such as established waste management methods, type of hospital establishment, hospital specialization, proportion of reusable items employed in hospital, and proportion of patients treated on a day-care basis. This study surveyed the waste from hospital and clinics in Phitsanulok and found the average daily waste generated as general, medical and hazardous waste from all hospitals in Phitsanulok Province at 1.751, 0.284 and 0.013 kg/bed respectively and at 0.323, 0.041 and 0.002 kg/bed respectively from all clinics in Phitsanulok Province. Medical waste from all hospitals consisted of needles, gloves, drain tubes, cottons and gauze, napkins, plastic syringes, swap and body parts with total daily generation at 0.452, 0.480, 0.390, 0.404, 0.018, 0.355, 0.004 and 0.382 kg/bed respectively. Information about proper waste management process is needed to improve hospital waste management. Hospital waste management is an important and necessary component of environmental health protection.' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue3/2002-3-3.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - Suwannee A creators_name: - family: Adsavakulchai given: Suwannee honourific: Ms lineage: '' date: 2002-10 date_type: published datestamp: 2003-10-17 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/32/24 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: Bevinje eprint_status: archive eprintid: 3224 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/3224/1/2002%2D3%2D3.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Hospital waste, Phitsanulok, Waste generation' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:22 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 3 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: |- 1. The Deutsche Gesellschaft fÜr Technische Zusammenarbeit. Management of solid and liquid waste at small healthcare facilities in developing countries. 1999. 2. Kungskulniti, N. et al. Solid Waste Scavenger Community: An Investigation in Bangkok, Thailand. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 1991; 5(1):54-65. 3. Ministry of Health. Handbook of hazardous hospital waste management in 10-bed and 30-bed community hospitals. Bangkok. 1995. 4. World Health Organization. Safe management of wastes from health-care activities. 1999. 5. Huong P.T. Soild Waste Management in Hanoi Vietnam: A case study of Hospital Waste Management. 1996. 6. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA Guild for Infectious Waste Management, EPA/530-SW-86-014. (NTIS PB86-199130). U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste.1986. 7. World Health Organization. Teacher’s Guide – Management of wastes from health-care activities. 1998. 8. United Nations. Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods: model regulations, 10th revised ed. New York, United Nations (ST/SG/AC.10/1/Rev. 10).1997. 9. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Handbook Operation and Maintenance of Hospital Medical Waste Incinerators, EPA/625/6-89/024.1990. 10. Wilson E, Willmore J, McDougall F. Towards Integrated Management of Municipal Solid Waste. Report for the European Recovery and Recycling Association, Brussels. 1998. Available at http://www.erra.be/. 11. Paranan E. Upgrading of Hospital Waste Management. A case study in Bangkok, Thailand. 1997 relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:49:11 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Study on waste from hospital and clinics in Phitsanulok type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 1