[Promoting the sustainable management of hospital waste in Kinshasa]

Wanduma Kasuku; Catherine Bouland; Christophe De Brouwer; Bertrand Mareschal; Crispin Mulaji

doi:10.1016/j.revinf.2016.08.032

[Promoting the sustainable management of hospital waste in Kinshasa]

Rev Infirm. 2016 Nov;65(225):41-44. doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2016.08.032.

[Article in French]

Authors

Wanduma Kasuku¹, Catherine Bouland², Christophe De Brouwer², Bertrand Mareschal³, Crispin Mulaji⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculté des sciences, ULB, boulevard du Triomphe, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgique. Electronic address: kellybaba@yahoo.fr.
² ULB, école de santé publique, campus Érasme, route de Lennik 808, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgique.
³ Solvay Brussels Schools of Economics and Management, center Berheim, ULB, A. F. Roosevelt 50, CP.114/03 Bruxelles, Belgique.
⁴ Université de Kinshasa, faculté des sciences, BP 190 Kinshasa XI, RDC.

PMID: 27968972
DOI: 10.1016/j.revinf.2016.08.032

Abstract

The management of hospital waste is a high-risk practice in the hospitals of Kinshasa, the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from the point of view of public health and the environment. A multi-criteria study carried out in 4 hospitals assessed the situation and put forward solutions.

Keywords: Congo; déchets hospitaliers; gestion; hospital waste; incineration; incinération; management; pollution.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hospitals*
Waste Management / standards*