Experiences in Dealing with Medical Waste: A Meta-synthesis

Jump To References Section

Authors

  • Bayhakki
     Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Riau, Pekanbaru ,ID
  • Ari Pristiana Dewi
     Department of Community Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Riau, Pekanbaru ,ID

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jeoh/2020/25379

Keywords:

Experiences, Health Care, Medical Waste, Meta-synthesis, Qualitative
Qualitative

Abstract

Background: Health care staff may experience in dealing with medical waste in their health care activities. The experiences are various and challenging, ranging from producing the waste to disposing of it. Objectives: This study aimed to analyze and synthesize the findings of existing qualitative researches related to experiences of health care staff in dealing with medical waste. Methods: This meta-synthesis collected recent research published from 2013 up to 2019. The articles were searched using online databases: Proquest, EBSCO, CINAHL, Springer, and Pubmed. The keywords using in the search were medical waste, hospital waste, health care waste, healthcare professionals, healthcare workers, and qualitative. There were 381 articles found from the search. Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for Qualitative Research was used to assess the articles. Six articles were finally included and synthesized using the meta-ethnographic approach. Results: Three themes emerged from the study: consequence of health care, ways to handle medical waste, and obstacles in managing medical waste. Conclusion: Medical waste is inevitable and collaboration, as well as cooperation among health care staff and stakeholders is needed to manage medical waste properly.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Downloads

Published

2020-06-24

How to Cite

Bayhakki, ., & Dewi, A. P. (2020). Experiences in Dealing with Medical Waste: A Meta-synthesis. Journal of Ecophysiology and Occupational Health, 20(1&2), 100–107. https://doi.org/10.18311/jeoh/2020/25379

Issue

Volume 20, Issue 1&2, June 2020

Section

Articles
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC
Received 2020-05-21
Accepted 2020-05-27
Published 2020-06-24

 

References

World Health Organisation. Safe management of wastes from health-care activities. 2014; 329. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstr eam/10665/85349/1/9789241548564_eng.pdf

Kumar R, Shaikh BT, Somrongthong R, Chapman RS. Practices and challenges of infectious waste management: A qualitative descriptive study from tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan. Pakistan J Med Sci. 2015; 31(4):795–8. PMid: 26430405 PMCid: PMC4590381. https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.314.7988

Joshi SC, Diwan V, Tamhankar AJ, Joshi R, Shah H, Sharma M, et al. Staff perception on biomedical or health care waste management: A qualitative study in a rural tertiary care hospital in India. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):1–16. PMid: 26023783 PMCid: PMC4449010. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128383

Hangulu L, Akintola O. Perspectives of policy-makers and stakeholders about Health Care Waste Management in communitybased care in South Africa: A qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017; 17(1):1–13. PMid: 28424046 PMCid: PMC5395807. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2236-x

Farooq MT, Omar N, Shaid F, Khizar S, Khan A, Ashfaq N, et al. Assessment of Hospital Waste Management Protocols in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Lahore. Biomedica [Internet]. 2017; 33(2):136–43. https://www.researchgate.net/ publication/319187513_ASSESSMENT_OF_HOSPITAL_WASTE_MANAGEMENT_PROTOCOLS_IN_TERTIARY_CARE_HOSPITALS_OF_LAHORE

Goyal KC, Goyal SKN, Goyal R. Analysis of bio-medical waste of a private hospital in Patiala city, Punjab, india. Octa J Environ Res. 2017; 5(1):1–5.

Hasan MM, Rahman MH. Assessment of Healthcare Waste Management Paradigms and its suitable treatment alternative: A case study. J Environ Public Health. 2018; 2018. PMid: 30151013 PMCid: PMC6087569. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6879751

Khan BA, Khan AA, Ahmed H, Shaikh SS, Peng Z, Cheng L. A study on small clinics waste management practice, rules, staff knowledge, and motivating factor in a rapidly urbanizing area. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019; 16(20):1–15. PMid: 31652534 PMCid: PMC6843947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16204044

Makhura RR, Matlala SF, Kekana MP. Medical waste disposal at a hospital in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa: Implications for training of healthcare professionals. South African Med J. 2016; 106(11):1096–102. PMid: 27842631. https://doi.org/10.7196/ SAMJ.2016.v106i11.10689

Niyongaboa E, Jang Y-C, Kang D, Sung K. Analysis of treatment of solid medical waste in Bujumbura, Burundi. Environ Eng Res. 2018; 0-3.

Olaifa A, Govender RD, Ross AJ. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare workers about healthcare waste management at a district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. South African Fam Pract [Internet]. 2018; 60(5):137–45. http://doi.org/10.1080/20786190 .2018.1432137

Pullishery F, Shenoy Panchmal G, Siddique S, Abraham A. Awareness, knowledge and practices on bio-medical waste management among health care professionals in Mangalore - A cross sectional study. IAIM Int Arch Integr Med IAIM. 2016; 3(31): 29–35.

Singh T, Ghimire TR, Agrawal SK. Awareness of biomedical waste management in dental students in different dental colleges in Nepal. Biomed Res Int. 2018; PMid: 30627540 PMCid: PMC6304656. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1742326

Yazie TD, Tebeje MG, Chufa KA. Healthcare waste management current status and potential challenges in Ethiopia: A systematic review. BMC Res Notes [Internet]. 2019; 12(1):1–8. PMid: 31122274 PMCid: PMC6533748. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4316-y

Hangulu L, Akintola O. Health Care Waste Management in communitybased care: Experiences of community health workers in low resource communities in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2017; 17(1):1–10. PMid: 28506258 PMCid: PMC5432984. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4378-5

Fatima SZ, Asad M. Disposal of hospital wastage in Pakistan: A qualitative research. Adv Soc Sci Res J. 2018; 5(3):37–42. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.53.4197

Goff Sl, Kleppel R, Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB. Hospital workers' perceptions of waste: A qualitative study involving photo-elicitation. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013; 22(10):826–35. PMid: 23748192 PMCid: PMC4553937. https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmjqs-2012-001683

Hammer K, Mogensen O HE. The meaning of hope in nursing research: A meta-synthesis. Scand J Caring Sci. 2009; 23(3):549–57. PMid: 19453659. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.14716712.2008.00635.x

Noblit GW HR. Meta-ethnography: Synthesizing qualitative studies. Newbury Park: Sage; 1988. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412985000

Institute TJB. The Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal tools for use in JBI Systematic Reviews Checklist for Qualitative Research [Internet]. 2017. https://joannabriggs.org/sites/ default/files/2019-05/JBI_Critical_Appraisal-Checklist_for_ Qualitative_Research2017_0.pdf

Dzekashu LG, Akoachere JF MW. Medical waste management and disposal practices of health facilities in Kumbo east and Kumbo west health districts. Inter J Med Med Sci. 2017; 9(1):1– 11. https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2016.1272

Tadesse ML KA. Healthcare waste generation and management practice in government health centers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. BMC Public Heal. 2014; 14(1):2–9. PMid: 25424604 PMCid: PMC4258029. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1221

Siregar CT, Zulkarnain, Nasution SZ, Purba JM, Karota E, Bayhakki, et al. Family concern: Facilitating self-management of patients undergoing hemodialysis. Enferm Clin [Internet]. 2020; 30(Icinna 2019):10–3. PMid: 32331727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.12.015

Awodele O, Adewoye AA OA. Assessment of medical waste management in seven hospitals in Lagos Nigeria. BMC Pub Heal. 2016; 16(1):2–11. PMid: 26979131 PMCid: PMC4791961. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2916-1

Botelho A. The impact of regulatory compliance behavior on hazardous waste generation in European private healthcare facilities. Waste Manag Res. 2012; 98(15):5–10. PMid: 22325637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.003

AL-Ghabban MM, Mizzouri NS, Mahmood FR, Hassan HH, Abdulrahman KI. Assessment of Waste Generation rate of Medical Hazardous in Duhok Governorate (Proposal of alternative disposal and management methods). Acad J Nawroz Univ. 2018; 7(4): 139–52. https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v7n4a283

Ali M, Wang W, Chaudhry N, Geng Y. Hospital waste management in developing countries: A mini review. Waste Manag Res. 2017; 35(6):1–12. PMid: 28566033. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X17691344