Hospital staff unaware of health risks from inadequate medical waste disposal.
The researchers investigated how a hospital disposes of medical waste. They found that medical waste makes up about 35% of the hospital's total waste, with most of it being recycled. However, there is still room for improvement in properly disposing of infectious and pathological waste. The staff at the hospital are more aware of recycling and sterilizing medical waste than incinerating it. Overall, there is a need for better methods of medical waste disposal to protect people's health.