Table 2.
Amount of wastes with types generated in all surveyed HCE
| Colour | Type of wastes | Amount (in kg)* | |||||
| DMCH | BMCH | GH** | PC** | DC** | Total | ||
| Black | General waste (Kitchen waste, medicine box) | 2587 (79.01) | 563 (83.65) | 729 (77.31) | 286 (75.26) | 143 (48.97) | 4308 (77.45) |
| Yellow | Infectious waste (Cotton bandage, amputated body parts, placenta, blood & urine bags) | 489 (14.94) | 59 (10.57) | 132 (14.00) | 46 (12.10) | 57 (19.52) | 783 (14.08) |
| Green | Plastic waste (Syringe without needle, saline bags, gloves) | 79 (2.41) | 18 (3.22) | 32 (3.39) | 21 (5.53) | 63 (21.57) | 213 (3.83) |
| Red | Sharp items (needle, blade, knife, Vial-ampoule) | 36 (1.10) | 6 (1.07) | 12 (1.27) | 9 (2.37) | 6 (2.06) | 69 (1.24) |
| Blue | Liquid waste | 83 (2.53) | 27 (4.83) | 38 (4.03) | 18 (4.74) | 23 (7.88) | 189 (3.40) |
| Total: | 3274 (100%) | 673 (100%) | 943 (100%) | 380 (100%) | 292 (100%) | 5562 (100%) | |
Source: Field survey, 2006
* Figures in the parentheses indicate the per cent of each HCE category.
** GH: General Hospitals; PC: Private Clinics; and DC: Diagnostic Centres.
¤ For DC, Syringe (without needle) for injection and blood sampling was considered to be a hazardous element.