• 3.

1 Demographic
• 3.2 Survey analysis
• 3.2.1Clinical waste segregation
• 3.2.2 clinical waste segregation
3.1 Demographic Characteristics
Hospital Batu Hospital Taiping Hospital Tumpat
Pahat 42.1 % - 21 to 30 30.9 % - 51 years old
50 % - 21 to 30 years old
years old
Work Experience Work experience Work experience
32
42.1
39.8 57.9 68
60.2

More than 10 years

3 to 10 Years 3 to 10 years
+ 10 Years 3 - 10 Years More than 10 Years
Respondent Respondent Respondent
16.4 17.1
18.61

82.9
83.6 81.3

Female Male
Female Male Female Male
3.2 survey analysis of clinical waste
management practices
• Clinical waste management managed by:

Hospital Batu Pahat Hospital Taiping Hospital Tumpat

PantaiMedivest Sdn Bhd - Faber-Mediserve Sdn Bhd - Radicare Sdn Bhd - RSB
PMSB FMSB
3.2.1 Clinical waste generation
• Factors that influence clinical waste generation
i. Size of establishments
ii. Number of beds
iii. Types of health services provided
iv. Available waste segregation options
v. Economics
vi. Social and cultural status of patients
vii. General condition of area of where hospital situated
3.2.1 Clinical waste generation
Factors that influence clinical waste
generation

Size of Types of health

Number of beds Economics
establishments services provided

Available waste General condition

Social and cultural
segregation of area of where
status of patients
options hospital situated
Figure 1: Clinical Waste Generation Graph from Study Locations
3.2.2 Clinical waste segregations
Segregation of clinical waste was not conducted according properly and accordingly to
the definite rules and standard:
Hospital Batu Pahat Hospital Taiping Hospital Tumpat
(Managed by PantaiMedivest Sdn (Managed by Faber-Mediserve Sdn (Managed by Radicare Sdn Bhd,
Bhd, PMSB) Bhd, FMSB) RSB)

Clinical waste deposited into Misusing of clinical waste bags Improper size usage of yellow
yellow bins exceeds the specific bags in departments.
limit of less than ¾ full

Incubation plates were found Yellow bag hung at the blood Yellow bags hung at a trolley in
pressed into sharp bins pressure machine ward and clinical waste thrown
exceed ¾ full in the container

Improper disposal of sharps Use clinical waste bag as a Hospital staffs use yellow bag to
objects into the container laundry bag to a discharged put sharp objects
patient
3.2.2 Clinical waste segregations
• Hospital Batu Pahat
• clinical waste deposited into yellow bins exceeds the specific limit of
less than ¾ full.
• s incubation plates were found pressed into sharp bins
• Hospital Taiping (FMSB)
• Misusing of clinical waste bags and a yellow bag hung at the blood
pressure machine were observed
• clinical waste bags to patients to contain their clothes during
discharge from wards
• Hospital Tumpat (RSB)
• exceed ¾ full in the container,
• yellow bags hung at a trolley in ward.
• hospital staffs misused the yellow bags by depositing sharp objects