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Table 9 Discarded solid medical waste items considered a problem in the community, Ga South Municipal Assembly, 2014

From: Solid medical waste: a cross sectional study of household disposal practices and reported harm in Southern Ghana

Items

Number of responses

% of responses

N = 387

% of respondents

N = 600

Broken medication bottles

59

15%

10%

Used condomsb

112

29%

19%

Soiled diapersb

67

17%

11%

Used sanitary padsb

51

13%

9%

Used blades

75

19%

13%

Needles/syringes

10

3%

2%

Othersa

13

3%

2%

  1. a Unclear how to categorize. b Not generally considered SMW but included as they may contain body fluids or excrement which unless otherwise determined were assumed potentially infectious under the typical conditions of disposal