Medical Waste Management in the Axis of Relationship between Environment and Health KIRAÇ Fatma ÇiFTÇi1, KIRAÇac Ramazan2, BOZÇA Rifat3 1Research Assistant, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Health Management Department, Burdur, Turkey 2Research Assistant, Selcuk University, Health Management Department, Konya, Turkey 3Lecturer, Beykent University, Stanbul, Turkey Online published on 20 June, 2019. Abstract It aims evaluating of an existing situation by reviewing related legislation, researching the relationship of medical waste-environment in the axis of sustainability discussion, determining application by doing a field research relating to subject to inspect this relationship. The research was applied to 100 medical staffs at Beyhekim State Hospital in Konya with survey. The scale developed by Demet DOĞAN CANSARAN was used in collecting data. Raw data was acquired with the survey was transferred onto computer by the researcher. Given answers of each question and their valid percentages were reflected to tables. According to gotten information from the board of Beyhekim State Hospital, the amount of produced waste at hospital is daily about 1500 kg. Majority of amount of waste consists of household, infected, chemical and sharp wastes. Radioactive waste is minute amount. The hospital's only radioactive waste is produced by x-ray bath and it is being sold firms determined by the Health Ministry by saving them in metal barrels. In addition, liquid wastes in the hospital's operating rooms and other units are directly discharged to canalization without any processing. In this study, the problems, relating to creating a medical waste management by establishing a relationship between environmental health and medical waste, are reviewed. Top Keywords Environmental Health, Medical Wastes, Sustainability, Medical Staffs. Top |