Background: Laboratory wastes are one of the environmental issues of developing countries and cause diseases and epidemics. Laboratory waste management is planned with the aim of preventing unfavorable effects on human health and the environment. The aim of the present study was to determine the status of medical waste management in clinical laboratories affiliated with Rafsanjan University of ...

A survey was conducted to study the existing medical waste management (MWM) systems in Tanzanian hospitals during a nationwide health-care waste management-training programme conducted from 2003 to 2005. The aim of the programme was to enable health workers to establish MWM systems in their health facilities aimed at improving infection prevention and control and occupational health aspects. Du...

This paper discusses the issue of medical waste, which is highly significant from the perspective of environmental protection. It describes the waste classification criteria, the methods of its collection, and neutralization. They are based on the legislation, including above all the Waste Act of 27 April 2001. The priority goal of the Act is to ensure that human health and life are protected. ...

BACKGROUND Developing cities like Khulna, the third largest metropolitan city in Bangladesh, have now begun to confess the environmental and public health risks associated with uncontrolled dumping of solid wastes mainly due to the active participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) in municipal solid waste (MSW) management. METHODS A survey ...

Abstract: Waste generated by health care activities includes a broad range of materials, from used needles and syringes to soiled dressings, body parts, diagnostic samples, medical devices and radioactive materials. As a result of poor practice and large volumes, only a very small percentage of medical waste is actually disposed of properly in final reception units while the rest is unaccounted...

It is important to disseminate information about medical waste in health care facilities provide knowledge and skills for paramedics, patients the general public so that generated from each service facility can be managed properly accordance with applicable laws. When viewed amount of originating facilities, it estimated will increase over time. The reason number hospitals, centers, treatment l...

In Romania, the waste materials problem is becoming more and more acute due to the increase in their quantity and of the negative impact on the environment. An important waste category is represented by the medical solid waste materials that belong to the high contamination risk category. The source of these waste materials is hospitals and clinics typical units from the point of view of the ge...