title: Hazardous healthcare waste management in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
abstract: Hazardous healthcare waste has become an environmental concern for many developing countries including the Kingdom of Bahrain. There have been several significant obstacles facing the Kingdom in dealing with this issue including; limited documentation regarding generation, handling, management, and disposal of waste. This in turn hinders efforts to plan better healthcare waste management. In this paper, hazardous waste management status in the Kingdom has been investigated through an extensive survey carried out on selected public and private healthcare premises. Hazardous waste management practices including: waste generation, segregation, storage, collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal were determined. The results of this study along with key findings are discussed and summarized. In addition; several effective recommendations and improvements of hazardous waste management are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Management Program, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. lamyafm@agu.edu.bh
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ebrahim
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Thukair
mesh_terms: D001445:Bahrain; D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste; D008506:Medical Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal