Healthcare Management

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of biomedical and healthcare wastes

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The disposal of wastes originating from health-care establishments (public and private) can have an effect on human health and well-being, the environment (air, water, soil, animals, plants, landscape) and issues relating to public security and order.
2. Nevertheless, experience has proven that wastes originating from health-care establishments, when properly managed, generally pose no greater risks than that of properly treated municipal or industrial wastes. This also pertains to the disposal of biomedical and health-care wastes, in contrast to occasional public perception.
3. The guidelines provide information for the proper treatment of wastes from health-care establishments (public and private). The information provided takes due consideration of the waste management requirements of disposal and recovery measures as well as hygiene requirements. In addition to ecological aspects, the information and recommendations should be economically feasible and easy to undertake. It and also makes allowances for technical progress.

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: ., 2003

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1-79

Language

English

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92-1-158621-6

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Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound

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