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Safe management of wastes from health-care activities / edited by Y. Chartier et al. – 2nd ed. 1.Medical waste. 2.Waste management. 3.Medical waste disposal – methods. 4.Safety management. 5.Handbook. I.Chartier, Yves. II.Emmanuel, Jorge. III.Pieper, Ute. IV.Prüss, Annette. V.Rushbrook, Philip. VI.Stringer, Ruth. VII.Townend, William.
12 cze 2014 · This handbook – the result of extensive international consultation and collaboration – provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies.
21 lis 2022 · In this review, a classification of the various types and categories of medical waste and its treatment methods are discussed.
5 mar 2021 · Healthcare waste (HCW) disposal includes a multitude of disposal methods, including incineration, landfilling and chemical treatments. These rudimentary methods and their growing use...
Module Overview. Present the principles and basic approaches for healthcare waste treatment. Describe the basic processes used for healthcare waste treatment. Lay out factors for consideration when selecting waste treatment methods. Describe the different types of non-incineration treatment processes for healthcare waste.
2. DeÞnition and characterization of health-care waste 2 2.1 Health-care waste: deÞnition and classiÞcation 2 2.1.1 DeÞnition 2 2.1.2 Infectious waste 2 2.1.3 Pathological waste 3 2.1.4 Sharps 3 2.1.5 Pharmaceutical waste 3 2.1.6 Genotoxic waste 4 2.1.7 Chemical waste 5 2.1.8 Waste with high content of heavy metals 6 2.1.9 Pressurized ...
8 MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT 1. INTRODUCTION Health-care activities are a means of protecting health, curing patients and saving lives. But they also generate waste, 20 percent of which entail risks either of infection, of trauma or of chemical or radiation exposure. Although the risks associated with hazardous medical
