Table 1 Daily quantities of health care waste generation rates (median, IQR*) in the surveyed hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia, 2011
Name of hospital | kg/patient/day | kg/day | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-HW | Infectious | Pathological | pharmaceutical | Sharps | Total HCW | Total HCW | percentages of HW | |
Amanuel (public) | 0.509 (±0.048) | 0.098 (±0.033) | - | 0.035 (±0.029) | 0.039 (±0.018) | 0.668 (±0.086) | 263.50 (±33.75) | 23.91% |
Zewditu (public) | 0.387 (±0.558) | 0.116 (±0.013) | 0.0741 (±0.019) | 0.027 (±0.005) | 0.070 (±0.021) | 0.665 (±0.082) | 251.2 (±31.10) | 41.76% |
Gandhi (public) | 0.314 (±0.108) | 0.037 (±0.011) | 0.097 (±0.013) | 0.037 (±0.007) | 0.053 (±0.057) | 0.531 (±0.159) | 186.00 (±55.70) | 40.86% |
Bethezata (private) | 0.297 (±0.027) | 0.097 (±0.031) | 0.051 (±0.006) | 0.034 (±0.012) | 0.043 (±0.010) | 0.525 (±0.053) | 179.00 (±18.00) | 43.58% |
Hayat (private) | 0.373 (±0.096) | 0.072 (±0.05) | 0.084 (±0.030) | 0.036 (±0.008) | 0.056 (±0.054) | 0.638 (±0.162) | 167.10 (±73.60) | 44.17% |
Saint Yared (private) | 0.357 (±0.085) | 0.072 (±0.053) | 0.054 (±0.022) | 0.052 (±0.018) | 0.0494 (±0.012) | 0.579 (±0.071) | 130.40 (±19.60) | 34.59% |