Assessment of Healthcare Waste Management Paradigms and Its Suitable Treatment Alternative: A Case Study

Table 1

Overall HCW (hazardous and nonhazardous) generation rate from different HCEs in Khulna city.

Name of the HCE	Number of beds	Category	Total generated waste, kg bed^−1 day^−1 or kg DC^−1 day^−1	Mean, kg bed^−1 day^−1 or kg DC^−1 day^−1	Haz. waste, kg bed^−1 day^−1 or kg DC^−1 day^−1	Mean, kg bed^−1 day^−1 or kg DC^−1 day^−1
KGH	250	Public	0.98	0.90	0.20	0.18
KMCH	500	Public	1.15		0.25
SANSH	75	Public	0.89		0.19
IDH	20	Public	0.87		0.17
CDH	100	Public	0.90		0.19
MCWC	20	Public	0.88		0.17
GMCH	500	Private	1.00		0.20
GNCDC	50	Private	0.88		0.15
AAMCH	20	Private	0.80		0.17
KSH	218	Private	0.92		0.19
KDH	100	Private	0.90		0.18
KSMH	50	Private	0.87		0.16
DBC	30	Private	0.85		0.15
IBH	100	Private	0.91		0.17
FHC	15	Private	0.77		0.12
KC	25	Private	0.83		0.14
DDC	--	DC	3.10	4.42	1.19	1.71
MDC	--	DC	5.90		2.11
SDC	--	DC	4.50		1.80
PDC	--	DC	4.20		1.74

Notes. DC: Diagnostic Center or Dental Clinic, KGH: Khulna General Hospital, KMCH: Khulna Medical College Hospital, SANSH: Sheikh Abu Naser Specialized Hospital, IDH: Infectious Diseases Hospital; CDH: Cheast Disease Hospital, MCWC: Mother & Child Welfare Center, GMCH: Gazi Medical College Hospital, GNCDC: Garib Newaz Clinic and Diagnostic Center, AAMCH: Ad-din Akij Medical College Hospital, KSH: Khulna Shishu Hospital, KDH: Khulna Diabetic Hospital, KSMH: Khulna Surgical and Medical Hospital, DBC: Dabs Clinic, IBH: Islami Bank Hospital, FHC: Fair Health Clinic, KC: Khalishpur Clinic, DDC: Decent Dental Clinic, MDC: Mahanagar Diagnostic Center, SDC: Setu Diagnostic Center, and PDC: Padma Diagnostic Center.