Table 1
The method of selection of FP and DP for waste analysis in Health Centre Osijek.
| Health centre Osijek | Categories of practices according to the annual number of patient visits in 2015 | Number of practices within a category | Number of selected practices from a particular category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FP | ≤12000 | 12 | 2 (16.6) |
| 12001-15000 | 12 | 2 (16.6) | |
| >15000 | 7 | 1 (14,2) | |
| DP | ≤2000 | 8 | 2 (25) |
| 2001-2500 | 8 | 2 (25) | |
| >2500 | 6 | 1 (16.6) |
[i] FP - family practice; DP - dental practice
Table 2
Five-day production of components of sharps in infectious waste in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek.
| The proportion of sharps in infectious waste/5 days (%) | TOTAL infectious waste/ 5 days (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| FP-1 | 30 (4) | 815 (100) |
| FP-5 | 94 (20) | 478 (100) |
| FP-9 | 29 (5) | 548 (100) |
| FP-12 | 55 (10) | 531 (100) |
| FP-13 | 0 | 626 (100) |
| DP-3 | 11 (1) | 1864 (100) |
| DP-4 | 29 (2) | 1387 (100) |
| DP-8 | 0 | 2252 (100) |
| DP-10 | 19 (1) | 2141 (100) |
| DP-11 | 0 | 3111 (100) |
[i] FP - family practice; DP - dental practice
Table 3
The average five-day production of sharps in infectious waste in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek.
| The median (interquartile range) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Family practice | Dental practice | P* | |
| The proportion of sharps in infectious waste/ 5 days (g) | 30 (14.5-74.5) | 11 (1-18) | 0.090 |
| Total infectious waste/ 5 days (g) | 548 (505-721) | 2141 (1626-2682) | 0.009 |
Table 4
The type and frequency of sharps in infectious waste over five days in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek.
| Number of needles/ ampoules in infectious waste | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of risky bags IW | Total number of risky bags IW | |||||||
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | P* | |||
| FP-1 | 0/5 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/6 | 0/3 | 5 | ||
| FP-5 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/8 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 5 | ||
| FP-9 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 5 | 16 | |
| FP-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FP-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.143 | ||||||||
| DP-3 | 2/0 | 3/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| DP-4 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0 | 2/1 | 4/2 | 4 | ||
| DP-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| DP-10 | 1/2 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| DP-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
FP - family practice; DP - dental practice; IW - infectious waste;
Table 5
Five-day production of components of infectious waste in municipal waste in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek.
| The proportion of infectious in municipal waste/ 5 days (%) | TOTAL municipal waste/ 5 days (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| FP-1 | 40 (2) | 1652 (100) |
| FP-5 | 34 (4) | 767 (100) |
| FP-9 | 3 (0) | 1030 (100) |
| FP-12 | 61 (4) | 1637 (100) |
| FP-13 | 0 | 898 (100) |
| DP-3 | 149 (18) | 841 (100) |
| DP-4 | 297 (10) | 2951 (100) |
| DP-8 | 308 (25) | 1252 (100) |
| DP-10 | 89 (6) | 1374 (100) |
| DP-11 | 75 (5) | 1607 (100) |
[i] FP - family practice; DP - dental practice;
Table 6
The average five-day production of infectious waste in municipal waste in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek.
| The median (interquartile range) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Family practice | Dental practice | P* | |
| The proportion of infectious in municipal waste/ 5 days (g) | 34 (2-51) | 149 (82-303) | 0.009 |
| Total municipal waste/ 5 days (g) | 1030 (833-1645) | 1374 (1047-2279) | 0.602 |
Table 7
The amount and frequency of infectious waste in municipal waste over five days in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek.
| Infectious waste in municipal waste (g) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of risky bags | Total number of risky bags | |||||||
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | MW | MW | P* | |
| FP-1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 4 | ||
| FP-5 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| FP-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| FP-12 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 4 | ||
| FP-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.714 | ||||||||
| DP-3 | 100 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 5 | ||
| DP-4 | 58 | 44 | 63 | 53 | 79 | 5 | ||
| DP-8 | 25 | 6 | 62 | 79 | 0 | 4 | 19 | |
| DP-10 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 0 | 3 | ||
| DP-11 | 20 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
FP-family practice; DP-dental practice; MW-municipal waste;