Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration

A steam autoclave was used to sterilize bacteria in clinical solid waste in order to determine an alternative to incineration technology in clinical solid waste management. The influence of contact time (0, 5, 15, 30 and 60 min) and temperature (111 °C, 121 °C and 131 °C) at automated saturated stea...

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Main Author:	Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI 2012
Subjects:	QD Chemistry
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spelling	iium-179962016-12-15T07:42:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17996/ Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam QD Chemistry A steam autoclave was used to sterilize bacteria in clinical solid waste in order to determine an alternative to incineration technology in clinical solid waste management. The influence of contact time (0, 5, 15, 30 and 60 min) and temperature (111 °C, 121 °C and 131 °C) at automated saturated steam pressure was investigated. Results showed that with increasing contact time and temperature, the number of surviving bacteria decreased. The optimum experimental conditions as measured by degree of inactivation of bacteria were 121 °C for 15 minutes (min) for Gram negative bacteria, 121 °C and 131 °C for 60 and 30 min for Gram positive bacteria, respectively. The re-growth of bacteria in sterilized waste was also evaluated in the present study. It was found that bacterial re-growth started two days after the inactivation. The present study recommends that the steam autoclave cannot be considered as an alternative technology to incineration in clinical solid waste management. MDPI 2012-03-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17996/5/Treatment_of_Clinical_Solid_Waste_Using_a_Steam_Autoclave_as_a_Possible_Alternative_Technology_to_Incineration.pdf Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam (2012) Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 9 (3). pp. 855-867. ISSN 1660-4601(o) http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph doi:10.3390/ijerph9030855
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description	A steam autoclave was used to sterilize bacteria in clinical solid waste in order to determine an alternative to incineration technology in clinical solid waste management. The influence of contact time (0, 5, 15, 30 and 60 min) and temperature (111 °C, 121 °C and 131 °C) at automated saturated steam pressure was investigated. Results showed that with increasing contact time and temperature, the number of surviving bacteria decreased. The optimum experimental conditions as measured by degree of inactivation of bacteria were 121 °C for 15 minutes (min) for Gram negative bacteria, 121 °C and 131 °C for 60 and 30 min for Gram positive bacteria, respectively. The re-growth of bacteria in sterilized waste was also evaluated in the present study. It was found that bacterial re-growth started two days after the inactivation. The present study recommends that the steam autoclave cannot be considered as an alternative technology to incineration in clinical solid waste management.
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author	Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam
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title	Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration
title_short	Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration
title_full	Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration
title_fullStr	Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration
title_full_unstemmed	Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration
title_sort	treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration
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Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration

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