Disposal habits and microbial load of solid medical waste in sub-district healthcare facilities and households in Yilo-Krobo municipality, Ghana

• Fredrick Egbenyah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Emilia Asuquo Udofia ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eudofia@ug.edu.gh

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7279-1839

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• Jesse Ayivor,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Mary-Magdalene Osei,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana

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• John Tetteh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1986-4103

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• Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana

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• Eric Sampane-Donkor

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana

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