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finding new solutions

Medical waste

What is ?!

From where ?!

Kinds ?!

Risks !!

Community

Underground water

Sewage

with 150 micron thickness

All Sharps Must Be Disposed in "Sharps

waste bags must be tightly closed

and sealed when they are about 3/4 full

storage yard should be washed down once a day

What about OMAN ?!

We are using plastic bags

with 80 micron only!!

There are no sufficient management of waste in health institutions, either because of unawareness or negligence of the medical staff

As a result, there have been cases

of getting deadly disease due to

direct exposure to medical waste

Al-Amerat

The smoke produced from the incinerator

effected pregnant women in that area

and cause Abortion

of medical waste goes to the landfills

As GENERAL waste

Our suggested solutions

The government must make sure that all the waste

generated from any health institute are collected .

the government must build Incinerators

in every regain in Oman.

The gases produced in incinerators should be burned at high temperature (900–1200°C) to minimize the smoke

Inertization

mwaste.blogspot.com

A. PruŸss,E. Giroult,P.Rushbrook.Safe management of wastes from health-care activities.Geneva,World Health Organization.

Interview with:

Zainab Al-Zadjali

Infection prevention & control coordinator

Directorate General of Health

Services in Muscat

26- 4 -2012

Interview with:

Abdullah Ali Al-Sharji

Regional Superintendent of Environment

and Occupational Health

Directorate General of Health

Services in Muscat

30 - 4 -2012

Averda Environmental Services L.L.C.

www.averda.com

www.who.int

www.moh.gov.om

www.deohoman.org

Haneen Sami Al-Zadjali

Umaima Salim Al-Mashari

Maysoon Khalaf Basheer

Abeer Arafa Habras

Thank you for your attention

(cc) photo by Franco Folini on Flickr

(cc) photo by jimmyharris on Flickr

(cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr

Replacing the open dumps with sanitary landfills

impermeable layer under the dumping area.

biological waste

in the lowest layer

distance of not less than

three meters from the edge

covered daily

carefully washed and sterilized by different temperatures and periods

Covering with a solid layer

sharps: such as scalpels and hypodermic needles, syringes, glass bottles and containers

Recycling and reusing :

90%

Oman

mixing waste with cement and other substances before disposal

Inorder to minimize the risk of toxic substances

pharmaceuticals and incineration ashes with a high metal content

cleaning of contaminated urinals

Using of Chemical degradation methods:

protective clothing

appropriate for developing countries

convert cytotoxic compounds into non-toxic/non-genotoxic

What's the matter ?!

Book

workers

Infectious waste

General waste

Radioactive waste

Medical waste management

Step !!

STORAGE OF WASTE

Immediately

should be stored in an air-conditioned room

Containers"

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