World Review of Science, Technology and Sust. Development, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2015 111 Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Investigation of hospital solid waste management in Iran Jalil Jaafari Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran Fax: +98-21-66-46-22 Email: Jalil.Jaafari@yahoo.com Mohammad Hadi Dehghani* Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR, Iran and Center for Solid Waste Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR, Iran Fax: 98-21-88950188 Email: hdehghani@tums.ac.ir *Corresponding author Mohammad Hoseini Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR, Iran and School of Public Health, Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR, Iran Fax: +98-21-66-46-22-67 Email: m_hoseini2174@yahoo.com