Statistical analysis and characteristics of hospital medical waste under novel Coronavirus outbreak
One of thesources of infection as a result of coronavirus disease treatment is the medical waste generated during the health care activities. Since the registration of the first infected case of coronavirus in Jordan the daily number of patients fluctuated from as low as zero to as high as 40 with a...
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| description | One of thesources of infection as a result of coronavirus disease treatment is the medical waste generated during the health care activities. Since the registration of the first infected case of coronavirus in Jordan the daily number of patients fluctuated from as low as zero to as high as 40 with a recovery ratio and case fatality risk of 39% and 1.7%, respectively. The main objective of the present study is to carry out statistical analysis and assess the generation rates and the composition of the medical waste generated during the treatment of coronavirus pandemic with reference to a major tertiary care hospital in Jordan. Data onthe daily generated waste, number of the admitted patients and on the amounts of consumables like various personal protective equipment, testing kits, and disinfectant used during the treatment of coronavirus disease was obtained. Data was subjected to descriptive statistical analysis to find the average generation rates, 3 days moving average, as well as the frequency distribution of the generated amounts. During 25 days' period, King Abdullah University Hospital has admitted 95 infected patients by coronavirus. The amount of the average rate of the medical waste generated as a result of coronavirus treatment was found to be 14.16 kg/patient/day and 3.95 kg/bed/day, which are more than tenfold higher than the average generation rate during the regular operational days of the hospital. Frequency analysis of the data revealed that the medical waste generation follows log normal distribution with correlation coefficient of 0.89. The distribution is distorted to the right and flatter than the normal distribution curve as judged by the skewness and kurtosis coefficients, respectively, which indicates deviation from normality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c594c8cfa034419a9d24f8948cbd92942025-02-02T14:45:34ZengGJESM PublisherGlobal Journal of Environmental Science and Management2383-35722383-38662020-08-016Special Issue (Covid-19)213010.22034/GJESM.2019.06.SI.0338982Statistical analysis and characteristics of hospital medical waste under novel Coronavirus outbreakH.A. Abu-Qdais0M.A. Al-Ghazo1E.M. Al-Ghazo2Department of Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanKing Abdullah University Hospital, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USAOne of thesources of infection as a result of coronavirus disease treatment is the medical waste generated during the health care activities. Since the registration of the first infected case of coronavirus in Jordan the daily number of patients fluctuated from as low as zero to as high as 40 with a recovery ratio and case fatality risk of 39% and 1.7%, respectively. The main objective of the present study is to carry out statistical analysis and assess the generation rates and the composition of the medical waste generated during the treatment of coronavirus pandemic with reference to a major tertiary care hospital in Jordan. Data onthe daily generated waste, number of the admitted patients and on the amounts of consumables like various personal protective equipment, testing kits, and disinfectant used during the treatment of coronavirus disease was obtained. Data was subjected to descriptive statistical analysis to find the average generation rates, 3 days moving average, as well as the frequency distribution of the generated amounts. During 25 days' period, King Abdullah University Hospital has admitted 95 infected patients by coronavirus. The amount of the average rate of the medical waste generated as a result of coronavirus treatment was found to be 14.16 kg/patient/day and 3.95 kg/bed/day, which are more than tenfold higher than the average generation rate during the regular operational days of the hospital. Frequency analysis of the data revealed that the medical waste generation follows log normal distribution with correlation coefficient of 0.89. The distribution is distorted to the right and flatter than the normal distribution curve as judged by the skewness and kurtosis coefficients, respectively, which indicates deviation from normality.https://www.gjesm.net/article_38982_4446636009dbc9d72f45b05fe976b937.pdfaverage generation ratecoronavirus (covid 19)descriptive statisticsjordanking abdullah university hospital (kauh)medical waste |
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| title | Statistical analysis and characteristics of hospital medical waste under novel Coronavirus outbreak |
| title_full | Statistical analysis and characteristics of hospital medical waste under novel Coronavirus outbreak |
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| title_short | Statistical analysis and characteristics of hospital medical waste under novel Coronavirus outbreak |
| title_sort | statistical analysis and characteristics of hospital medical waste under novel coronavirus outbreak |
| topic | average generation rate coronavirus (covid 19) descriptive statistics jordan king abdullah university hospital (kauh) medical waste |
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