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PROJECT TOPIC: ANALYSIS OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH HOSPITAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN PORT HARCOURT
Department: Public Health Technology
AMOUNT: 10,000
FORMAT: MS WORD
PAGES: 66
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ABSTRACT
The study set out to unveil hospital waste management and its associated risk amongst public health institutions in Port Harcourt. In the light of this, set out five research objectives and associated questions with two research hypotheses as guide to the study, it also made use of the cross sectional survey research design. The population for the study was 90 persons who A persons were purposively sampled from three public hospitals using the stratified sampling technique. A well structured questionnaire was used in the collection of data for the study. The study found out the following; that waste in the hospitals are generated often, Liquids, sharps and human based waste are the predominant waste generated in the hospitals, it also found out that the major waste disposal method was the use of waste contractors and that hospital waste has a high risk. Statistically the study revealed that the study revealed that there is no impact of personnel training on hospital waste management and also that there are health risks associated with Hospital waste management system. Therefore the study recommended that there is need to expose the workforce to more trainings that have true bearing on waste management as to enhance their knowledge of waste management making them fit in the job they do and that Government needs to enshrine a law set up a check system for hospital waste management system as the use of waste contractors as revealed is unsuitable for hospital waste management
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Background of the Study 1
Statement of Problem 3
Aim and Objectives of the Study 5
Significance of the Study 6
Research Hypothesis 6
Scope of the Study 7
The Study Area 7
Chapter Two
Literature Review 13
Theoretical Framework 13
Literature Review 15
Risk associated with Hospital Waste on Humans and Environment 19
Hospital Waste Management systems 21
International Best Practices on Waste Management 23
Categorization of Cytotoxic Drug 32
Radioactive Waste 33
Chemical Wastes 33
Summary of Literature 34
Chapter Three
Research Methodology 35
Research Design 35
Types and Sources of Data 35
Study Population and Sample Size 36
Method of Data Collection 36
Method of Data Analysis 37
Chapter Four
Introduction 38
Questionnaire Distribution and Retrieval 38
Socio-Economic Characteristics of Respondents 38
Occupational Status of Respondents 40
Educational Status of Respondents 41
Awareness of Waste Generation in the Hospitals 42
Hypothesis Testing 53
Discussion of Findings 54
Chapter Five
Summary 58
Conclusion 59
Recommendation 59
References 61
Appendix 64
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