Recently, Jordan has witnessed increased amounts of medical waste generated at different healthcare facilities. This has resulted
in issuance of Medical Waste Regulation that aimed at regulating the management processes of such hazardous waste. To provide
information on medical waste generation rates, composition and statistical characteristics, a comprehensive sampling survey
was initiated after a regulatory definition of the medical waste was established. Hospitals from Public, private and educational
categories were covered by the survey. This paper presents the findings of the survey. The average generation rates ranged
from 0.29 to 1.36 kg/bed/day, while in terms of patient numbers it is from 0.36 to 0.87 kg/patient/day. The total daily amount
of medical waste generated at the Jordanian hospitals was estimated to be 6 tones/day. The daily amounts of medical waste
generated at King Abdullah University Hospital were found to follow a log normal probability distribution. Physical composition
analysis of the medical waste, which conducted based on the categories identified by the Jordanian Regulation, indicated that
the infectious waste category is the highest, followed by sharps category and finally pathological, cytotoxic and pharmaceutical
categories were the lowest. The study concluded that all hospitals covered by the survey are practicing segregation of hazardous
medical waste from general medical waste. However, the segregation process in some hospitals is still inefficient and there
is a potential for improvements toward minimizing the hazardous medical waste generation. 相似文献
Abstract— A new design for an FED envelope, composed of box‐shaped front glass, sheet‐like rear glass, and metal members, has been devised. This design structure is effective in reducing tensile stress induced by vacuum at the sealing points. Also, a new glass composition, a new physical tempering method, and a lead‐free hermetic sealing material have been developed. As a result, a novel lightweight spacer‐free panel structure for FEDs has been developed by integrating these new technologies. It will assist in maximizing the essential advantages of FED such as high image quality, high reliability, and low cost. 相似文献
Metal-halide perovskites are novel optoelectronic materials that are considered good candidates for solar harvesting and light emitting applications. In this study, we develop a reproducible and low-cost approach for synthesizing highquality cesium lead halide perovskite (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, and I or Cl/Br and I/Br) nanocrystals (NCs) by direct heating of precursors in octadecene in air. Experimental results show that the particle size and composition of as-prepared CsPbX3 nanocrystals can be successfully tuned by a simple variation of reaction temperature. The emission peak positions of the as-prepared nanocrystals can be conveniently tuned from the UV to the NIR (360–700 nm) region, and the quantum yield of the as-obtained samples (green and red emissions) can reach up to 87%. The structures and chemical compositions of the as-obtained NCs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and elemental analysis. This proposed synthetic route can yield large amounts of high-quality NCs with a one-batch reaction, usually on the gram scale, and could pave the way for further applications of perovskite-based light-emitting and photovoltaic solar cells.