Browsing by Subject "Medical centers--Waste disposal"

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    • Improving in-house medical waste management: a pilot research 

      Akter, Nasima; Ali, Miah Rahmat (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-12)
      BRAC has undertaken a pilot project on improving in-house medical waste management in collaboration with three selected hospitals (Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Institute of Child Health and Shishu Shasthya Foundation, and one ...

    • Medical waste disposal at BRAC Health Centres : an environmental study 

      Akter, Nasima; Acott, Rachael E; Sattar, M G; Chowdhury, Sadia A (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-06)
      The study was conducted to determine the awareness level of BRAC's Health Centre staff on disposal and handling of medical wastes, and to recommend improved methods to handle and dispose of medical waste in order to ...

    • Medical waste management: a review 

      Akter, Nasima (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-01)
      A review of medical waste management systems was performed to understand (a) the various handling and disposal procedures in different countries. (b) the knowledge and awareness of individuals involved in medical waste ...

    • Prevalence and diversity of antimicrobial resistant pathogens from medical and community wastewater in Dhaka City 

      Bulbuli, Naima Hasan; Awysharjaw, Rownak Showkat; Lohani, Tabassum (Brac University, 2022-05)
      Background: Uncontrolled and excessive exposure of antibiotics in the medical waste poses a selective pressure to acquire and disseminate highly antibiotic resistance genes to common pathogenic bacteria. This study is ...