abstract background: in 2007, a rule prohibiting the use of incinerators was ratified by the iranian islamic parliament. based on this rule, the ministry of health emphasized the sterilization of infectious waste at its production source by means of non-incineration equipment and methods. this research examined the performance of non-incineration technologies in treating medical infectious and ...

Introduction: Dental wastes due to having bacterial disease-causing agents and toxic chemicals are categorized in hazardous wastes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantity and composition of dental waste produced by general and specialized dental offices in babol city. Materials &Methods: From all dental offices (170 and 40 dental offices were related to general and specialized re...

Medical establishments play important roles in different activities by using of modern technology to serve the humans and the environment through different departments in the establishment and its firms. Medical wastes are considered as a hazardous waste because they contain toxic materials, infectious, or non-infectious wastes and they are considered as a hazard to millions of patients, health...

Abstract Background: In 2007, a rule prohibiting the use of incinerators was ratified by the Iranian Islamic Parliament. Based on this rule, the Ministry of Health emphasized the sterilization of infectious waste at its production source by means of non-incineration equipment and methods. This research examined the performance of non-incineration technologies in treating medical infectious and ...

The objective of this study was to identify the components, composition, generation rate and management of dental waste in Urmia, Iran. Fifteen dental centers including eight general dental offices, five specialist dental offices and two dental clinics were selected and two samples were taken from each office. Then, the wastes were manually separated in 31 components and weighted. The results s...

hospital wastes are one of most important environmental problems because of their hazardous, toxic and pathogenic characteristics. the aims of this study were to identify and measure the amount of hospital wastes and classify of them according to who criteria in amirolmomenin(as) hospital and shahid rajaei policlinic in ahwaz, sw of iran. this research was a field-descriptive study. initially, ...

background: dental wastes are one of the environmental issues due to toxic and pathogenic agents such as pathological wastes, pharmaceutical and chemical etc have particular sensitivity. the aim of this study was to determine the dental waste management and related factors in the city of ilam. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the studied community was all the sixteen dental clinics in il...