Approaches to the management of waste from health care facilities in Czech Republic and Kazakhstan

Waste from healthcare facilities or similar facilities includes components of various physical, chemical and biological character that require special approaches during the handling, specifically with regard to possible risks to human health and the environment. Nowadays a challenge for waste management system becomes waste produced in healthcare facilities and contributes too many reasons, such as population growth and rising life expectancy. The rate of waste production from healthcare facilities depends on the facility type, its specialty, inpatient capacity, level of amenities and location. Waste from healthcare facilities need to be sorted and removed to avoid endangering the health of patients, healthcare workers and the environment. The aim of the study was to describe and compare the waste management systems in healthcare facilities between Czech Republic and Kazakhstan. Within the work was performed statistical analysis of the healthcare waste generation in the selected region of Kazakhstan. The results show that the only factor that affects the rate of waste generation is inpatient capacity of healthcare facility. It was also found that the production of healthcare waste differs significantly between ambulatory and stationary care facilities. The research results show that public..