بعض مشاكل معالجة النفايات الطبية الصلبة في القطاع الطبي الخاص بالأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة وإجراءات التصدي لها

Management of solid medical waste in healthcare centres within the private sector in Palestinewas studied. This included segregation, transport, treatment and final disposal. The study foundthat 30% of the centres completely segregated all kinds of healthcare waste, 35.9% segregated thesharps and 27.7% segregated infectious waste. Healthcare waste was manually transported in 99%of the centres that segregate waste. Nearly 87% of the centres disposed of the waste in open dumpsrandomly distributed in the area. It is concluded that all stages of healthcare waste management inhealthcare centres in the private sector pose a hazard to personnel working in them and also to thegeneral public in Palestine.