Research Article
Healthcare Waste Status and Handling Practices during COVID-19 Pandemic in Tepi General Hospital, Ethiopia
Table 3
Comparison of patient flow, total HCW generation, and its type using the Kruskal–Wallis test in each case team in Tepi General Hospital, Ethiopia.
| | Types of case teams | Mean value (kg/day) | | Patient flow, n (%) | Total hospital wastes, n (%) | General HCW, n (%) | Hazardous HCW, n (%) |
| | Wards | 126 (16.7) | 83.1 (16.9) | 7.7 (2.5) | 75.4 (40.2) | | Gynecology | 91 (12.1) | 48.9 (9.9) | 10.5 (3.4) | 38.4 (20.5) | | Laboratory | 154 (20.5) | 44.6 (9) | 8 (2.6) | 36.6 (19.5) | | OPD | 297 (39.5) | 74.3 (15.1) | 40.7 (13.3) | 33.6 (17.9) | | Radiology | 84 (11.2) | 4.3 (0.9) | 0.9 (0.3) | 3.4 (1.8) | | Kitchen | 0 (0) | 237.3 (48.2) | 237.3 (77.8) | 0 (0) | | X2 | 125.3 | 82.1 | 60.6 | 28.2 | | Degree of freedom | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | | value | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.001 |
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