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The quality of drinking water in the Hospital Prachatice.
ROSOVÁ, Monika
This diploma thesis deals with the drinking water quality in the Prachatice Hospital. In every healthcare facility, it is essential to maintain and monitor the quality of drinking water. The diploma thesis has the following objectives: Evaluation of the quality and quantity of drinking water and hot water at the Prachatice Hospital in certain time periods, comparison between another hospital in the South Bohemian region with the occurrence of Legionell in the given period, the possibility of solving crisis situations in accidents in the healthcare facility and possibilities of rainwater use in the Prachatice Hospital. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part of the thesis describes basic concepts related to the quality of drinking water, indicators of drinking water and a section is devoted to a water accident in the Prachatice Hospital in the autumn of 2015. The practical part was processed by the method of secondary analysis of data. The necessary data for the analysis was obtained directly at the Prachatice Hospital and at the Regional Hygiene Office in České Budějovice. For the analysis, data from January 2011 to January 2017 was used and processed in Microsoft Excel into tables and charts. The results show the overall drinking water supply situation in the Prachatice Hospital. The work could draw attention to the problems and issues associated with emergency situations, for example. Hospital management and professionals in drinking water technology department can get a comprehensive overview of the hospital's drinking water supply from its own well, public well and the public water supply.
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Formation and mode liquidation waste from Hospital Prachatice a.s.
RODOVÁ, Kateřina
The thesis deals with the issue of waste management from hospitals. This issue includes their production, sorting, collection, storage and disposal. In 1991 the first law about waste in the Czech republic was created. Till this time the waste management was not priority and waste disposal was not sensible. Currently, more attention is paid to the management of medical waste. The lay public can not imagine what kind of waste occur in health care and how it tis disposed. Health facilities are big producers of different kind of waste which is health risk not even from injuries but also risk of serious infections. Waste is often dangerous and its disposal must be separated from other communal waste. Liquidation and disposal of waste from health facility requires observance of the legislation law, regulations and goverment regulations including a catalog of waste. Many people come into contact with waste from health facility. Waste can threats patients, medical staff and other staff which is involved in handling it or involved in disposing of waste. Improper waste disposal can threaten population and also have negative inpact on the environment. The Hospital Prachatice a.s. is quite large company that produces large amount of waste. These wastes are additionally characterized by great diversity and waste management is not a simple matter. No only medical personnel and other staff are producers of waste in health facility but also outpatients or hospital patients contribute to total volume of produced waste by large proportion. The firt step to reduce the cost of waste disposal is the minimization of its occurrence. This step requires properly trained medical staff and in some cases also acquiring new working practices. For correct sorting of waste are needed other requisites such as well chosen and correct collection means, their correct labeling and their safety. Waste management in Hospital Prachatice a.s. is in accordance with the law. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part contains the issue of waste produced in healthcare facilities. Then, there is a characteristic of waste from healthcare facilities and their classification. The significant section is devoted to the applicable legislation and the main strategic EU documents and EU directives of waste. The study also mentioned the correct waste management and their sorting and collection. The practical part was processed using qualitative research - a secondary analysis of data. Analyzed data was obtained from annual reports of Hospital Prachatice a.s. and from operating rules of waste management. For research was chosen the time period 2008-2014. For clarity the resulting data were subsequently processed in tabular and grafical forms in Microsoft Excel. As next research method was used semistructured interview which was conducted with employees in selected health care facility. Next, in theoretical part was made qualitive research. This survey was conducted through semi-structured interviews whose aim was to determine the knowledge of workers from selected medical waste facilities. The obtained results have pointed out on issue of medical waste and their potential influence. This thesis could be used as a source of informations for curre
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