EFECTIVE OF APPLICATION OF PROACTIVE MONITORING TOOLS FOR MEDICAL WASTE AT PHUC YEN GENERAL HOSPITAL AND THANH HOA GENERAL HOSPTAL IN 2017

Đàm Thương Thương, Nguyễn Thanh Hà, Trần Văn Tuấn

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Objectives: To evaluate on the effectiveness of applying proactive environmental monitoring tools for medical solid waste sorting, collection and transportation at Phuc Yen regional general hospital and Thanh Hoa general hospital in 2017. Methods: Intervention study, evaluated before and after intervention  without a control group, at 33 hospital wards of two hospital. Results: The result show that the rate of achieving the criteria for evaluation of medical waste storage devices and equipment, classification, collection, and transportation of medical waste by day be increased, the majority of the criteria reaching over 90% after 4 weeks of trial application of proactive monitoring tools. Conclusion: The proactive monitoring tools for medical waste were effective in increasing the rate of achieving the evaluation criteria in the classification, collection, and transportation of medical waste of two hospitals where were applied.

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