Assessment Of Waste Disposal Method In The Hospital Wards. A Case Study Of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (abuth) Zaria.

Waste generated in health care facilities which include general waste, sharps, non – sharps, blood, body parts, chemicals, phamaceuticals, medical devices and radioactive material. When all these are poorly managed, exposes health care personel, waste handler and tfhe community to infectious agents, toxicmaterials and increase risk of injury. Improper disposal can be due to lack of equipment for proper waste disposal, lack of knowledge on the side of the health personnel also the effect of the improper waste disposal to patient, health worker, hospital environment and the public and the ways t…