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5 Results and Discussion
NMCH biomedical waste 2017 data
Months
Solid waste in kg Yellow in kg Red in kg Sharps
Total (infectious
waste with sharps)
Jan-17
90,000
5024
1260
228.5
6512.5
Feb-17
84,000
4634
1125
188.5
5947.5
Mar-17
99,000
5168
1143
198
5509
April-17
84,000
4951
1190
190.9
6331.9
May-17
90,000
5191
1230
195.9
6616.9
June-17
78,000
6500
1350
250
8100
July-17
99,000
3849
7552
815
12,216
Aug-17
90,000
4952
2925
1580
9457
Sep-17
90,000
6194
1425
2936
10,555
Oct-17
90,000
7621
1622
3901
13,154
Nov-17
90,000
7050
1490
3799
12,339
Dec-17
90,000
6350
1150
3243
10,743
Total
1,074,000
67,484
23,462
17,525.8 108,481.8
Solid waste per month is about 89,500 kg and average of 3000 kg/day
Infectious waste is about 7578 kg/month and it was around 300 kg/day
Sharps constitute around 1460 kg/month and 50 kg/day
The waste generation rate is between 3.87 kg/bed/day and 7.44 kg/bed/day and
consists of 71.44% of domestic waste, 27.8% of hazardous/infectious waste and
0.76% of sharps. Hospital waste makes up approximately 30% of all the hazardous
waste generated in Kuwait (United Nations 2018).