Assessment of the Implementation of the Cradle-to-Grave Principle in Private Health Care Clinics in the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

Mpinane Flory Senekane; Siphesihle Siyamukela Masimula

doi:10.1109/OI.2019.8908263

Assessment of the Implementation of the Cradle-to-Grave Principle in Private Health Care Clinics in the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

Mpinane Flory Senekane, Siphesihle Siyamukela Masimula

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Abstract

The Cradle-to-Grave principle is key to the assurance of compliance with the management of health care risk waste (HCRW) in health care facilities. The study aimed to assess the implementation of the Cradle-to-Grave principle in private health care facilities (PHCF) in the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. To achieve this aim, the objective was to investigate methods used by PHCFs to manage HCRW. Data was collected from forty facilities; fifty-five questionnaires were administered to forty medical practitioners and fifteen nurses. Quantitative method and a descriptive cross-sectional design were employed. IBM SPSS 25.0 and Microsoft excel 2013 were used to analyse data. The findings revealed that the Cradle-to-Grave principle was not implemented in all PHCFs by nurses and medical practitioners as required by the Health Professions Council of South Africa Guidelines on HCRW Management. The study recommends that PHCFs should be consistent in managing HCRW and apply relevant regulations and standards.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019
Editors	Nixon Muganda Ochara, Julius Nyerere Odhiambo
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	234-240
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728134642
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/OI.2019.8908263
Publication status	Published - Oct 2019
Event	2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019 - Cape Town, South Africa Duration: 2 Oct 2019 → 4 Oct 2019

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Name	2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019

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Conference	2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Period	2/10/19 → 4/10/19

Keywords

Cradle-to-Grave principle
health care risk waste
medical practitioners
nurses
private health care facilities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Information Systems
Health Informatics
Education
Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science

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Senekane, M. F., & Masimula, S. S. (2019). Assessment of the Implementation of the Cradle-to-Grave Principle in Private Health Care Clinics in the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. In N. M. Ochara, & J. N. Odhiambo (Eds.), 2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019 (pp. 234-240). Article 8908263 (2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/OI.2019.8908263

Senekane, Mpinane Flory ; Masimula, Siphesihle Siyamukela. / Assessment of the Implementation of the Cradle-to-Grave Principle in Private Health Care Clinics in the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. 2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019. editor / Nixon Muganda Ochara ; Julius Nyerere Odhiambo. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 234-240 (2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019).

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Senekane, MF & Masimula, SS 2019, Assessment of the Implementation of the Cradle-to-Grave Principle in Private Health Care Clinics in the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. in NM Ochara & JN Odhiambo (eds), 2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019., 8908263, 2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 234-240, 2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019, Cape Town, South Africa, 2/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/OI.2019.8908263

Assessment of the Implementation of the Cradle-to-Grave Principle in Private Health Care Clinics in the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. / Senekane, Mpinane Flory; Masimula, Siphesihle Siyamukela.
2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019. ed. / Nixon Muganda Ochara; Julius Nyerere Odhiambo. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 234-240 8908263 (2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019).

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Senekane MF, Masimula SS. Assessment of the Implementation of the Cradle-to-Grave Principle in Private Health Care Clinics in the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. In Ochara NM, Odhiambo JN, editors, 2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 234-240. 8908263. (2019 Open Innovations Conference, OI 2019). doi: 10.1109/OI.2019.8908263

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