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Table 1 The amount of daily Healthcare waste generation rate in health centers, Addis Ababa City Admin., January 2011

From: Healthcare waste generation and management practice in government health centers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Name of health center

Healthcare waste, Kg/day

 

Total HCW in 7 days

Mean of HCW mean (+ SD)

Mean of general waste (%)

Mean of hazardous waste (%)

Site A

77.41

11.06 ± 4.49

5.50(49.76)

5.56(50.24)

Site B

70.92

10.13 ± 5.17

2.33(22.98)

7.80(77.02)

Site C

44.55

6.36 ± 3.83

2.93(46.02)

3.44(53.98)

Site D

39.18

5.597 ± 3.75

1.81(32.39)

3.78(67.61)

Site E

87.83

12.55 ± 6.63

3.79(30.23)

8.75(69.77)

Site F

74.81

10.69 ± 5.52

3.196(29.9)

7.49(70.1)

Site G

101.40

14.49 ± 5.28

5.81(40.09)

8.68(59.91)

Site H

76.40

10.91 ± 5.49

4.35(39.86)

6.56(60.14)

Site I

72.50

10.36 ± 5.40

4.78(46.15)

5.58(53.85)

Site J

27.62

3.95 ± 2.48

1.89(47.99)

2.052(52.01)

Overall mean

67.26

9.61

3.64

5.97

SD

22.97

3.28

1.45

2.31