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ENVIRONMENTAL-FOR-HEALTH-CARE-CENTERS

The Environmental Survey for Health Care Centers 2000

West Bank and Gaza, 2000
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PSE-PCBS-ESHC-2000-V1.0
Producer(s)
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Environmental Survey for Health Care Centers
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Section (include medical waste separation type ) (no)

Data file: Medical Waste Separation

Overview

Valid: 194
Valid (weighted): 2397.017
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V367

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 General waste 54 728
30.4%
2 Infectious waste 40 496
20.7%
3 Chemical & pharmaceutical waste 20 102
4.2%
4 Sharp waste 6 36
1.5%
5 Radioactive waste 72 1027
42.9%
6 Others 2 9
0.4%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
General waste:All non hazardous waste, similar in nature to domestic waste

Hospital waste: Waste coming out of hospitals. Such waste is around 85 % non-hazardous, around 10 % are infectious, around 5% non-infectious but hazardous.

Incineration (Dry Thermal Disinfection): Controlled burning of solid, liquid or gaseous waste materials at high temperatures.

Infectious Waste: All kinds of waste, which may transmit viral, bacterial or parasitic diseases to human beings. It includes infectious animal waste from laboratories, slaughter- houses, veterinary practices and so on.
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Governmental and Non-governmental Health care centers
Private Health Care Sector
Source of information
Administrative Records
Head of center
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