UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF EOHS
COURSE :Health service management
Title: Waste segregation practice in Gondar Hospital

Submitted to : Mr.Nigusu Worku(Bsc, MPH)

Submission date: June 1o,2022

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 Group members
1. Bethelhem Semahegn 03866/10
2. Hana Sintayew 01205/11
3. Hana Tesfaye 01224/10
4. Hussna Hassen Chs/ur/157640/11
5. Kidist Feleke 01212/11
6. Kidus Dagne 01183/11
7. Meseret Daniel 01193/11

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 Mission and vision
• Mission: To promote and improve proper
waste segregation practice in University of
Gondar Hospital through provision of
adequate waste receptacles and appropriate
training
• Vision: To create a clean Hospital Compound

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 Current situation
• In many developing countries including
Ethiopia , healthcare waste segregation has
not got sufficient attention.
• It is essential that all medical waste materials
are segregated at the point of generation,
appropriately treated and disposed of
safely(WHO,2011)

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 Current Situation
 Waste segregation practice in Gondar
university hospital is poor; as shown in a
research done on healthcare waste
segregation practice in Gondar university
hospital in
 Mixed medical wastes containing sharps and
fluids could present a risk of injury and
infection to scavengers or children player

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 Current situation
• The main problem of waste management in
Ethiopia include lack of appropriate
segregation of wastes, insufficient training of
healthcare workers, inadequate personal
protective equipment

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 Current Situation
Strength Weakness
 Budget constraint
 Commitment  Time constraint

Threat
Opportunities  Busy schedule of the
 Environmental health healthcare workers
office cooperation

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 Result
• Objective
 To improve waste Segregation practice in
University of Gondar by 5% in 2014E.C

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 Fishbone

• Lack of awareness
• no binding law
• Negligence
People
regarding waste
segregation
Law

Low waste segregation

practice
Equipments Environment
Inadequate • Lack of supervision
waste bin • Inadequate training
• Lack of Educational
program

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 Sample priority matrix
Priority actions

Criteria Collaborate with

Educate
(Rate from 1 to 3) Train the healthcare other stakeholders
patients ,Attendants,Cle
workers to get financial
aners
Support

 Time to implement      
 (1=the most time) (3= the least time) 2 2 3

 Cost to implement      
 (1=the most cost) (3=the least cost) 3 3 2
   
Potential for improving Quality in
2 3 3
the long term
(1=the least potential) (3=the most
potential)

 Capacity to implement      
 (1=the least available) (3=the most 2 2 1
available)
       
TOTALS 9 10 9 10
 Action plan format
Activities Person Start End date Indicators Resourc
responsible date es
   Group members  29/10.2014 6/11/2014 
Proper  Flip Chart
 Educatethe patients and
attendants utilization of
dust bins
Decrement
 Educational posters  Group Members  1/10/2014 3/11 2014 of re- Posters 
segregation
  Educate the cleaners  Group Members  30/10/201 2/11/2014  Decreased Flipcharts
 
4 risk of sharp
injury for the
Train the healthcare
   Group Members in  30/10/20 15/11/201  notebook
workers(representatives of each wards collaboration with cleaners
14 4  Pen
and departments) Environmental health
office

Provision of properly labelled waste Group members in 06/11/2014 07/11/2014 Waste

bins collaboration with
other stakeholders bins

Recommendation to the management Group members 07/11/2014 07/11/2014

and Environmental health office For a
better regulation of waste segregation
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 Reference
• https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/health-
care-waste
• Assessment of Health Care Waste Segregation Practice and
Associated Factors of Health Care Workers in Gondar
University Hospital, North West Ethiopia,by Avier
Mesfin ,Waleleg Woku ZemichaelGizaw

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Thank You!!

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