Disposal of medical waste: A legal perspective
South African Medical Journal, 2013 The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa provides that everyone has the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being. The illegal dumping of hazardous waste poses a danger to the environment when pollutants migrate into water sources and ultimately cause widespread infection or toxicity, endangering the health of ...
du Toit, K, Bodenstein, J
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Утилизация отходов биологического производства [PDF]
, 2004 В статье рассматривается проблема утилизации отходов, так как в год Экологии это тема стала актуальной. На каждом предприятии и в каждом доме увеличилось количество мусора и от этого страдает экологическая обстановка в каждом городе.
Floren, Michael G. +2 more
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Bio-medical waste disposal in India: From paper to practice, what has been effected
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2019 Bio-medical waste (BMW) disposal is a very important but challenging task. Health-care waste contains potentially harmful microorganisms, which can infect hospital patients, health workers, and the general public.
S Ramesh Kumar +3 more
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Medical Waste Management during Conflict: A Cross-sectional Study in Yemen [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Proper handling and disposal of medical waste is an important issue. However, a lack of awareness on medical waste management is a dangerous hazard for humans and the environment.
Samira Hameed Hanash +2 more
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Efektivitas Pengelolaan Limbah Medis Rumah Sakit terhadap Dampak Lingkungan Hidup [PDF]
, 2018 The hospital is where the health services are operated and maintained with the utmost regard for the building and environmental hygiene aspect both physically, waste, liquid waste, clean water and insect/pest animals.Akantetapi to create the hygiene in ...
Putri, A. H. (Anggreany)
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The precautions of clinical waste: disposable medical sharps in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2009 This article deals with recent changes in UK guidance on clinical waste, in particular a shift to disposable, single-use instruments and sharps. I use interviews conducted with nurses from a GP practice and two clinical waste managers at alternative ...
A Pruess +26 more
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Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2022 Background: Poor waste management of unused or expired medications jeopardizes healthcare staff, employees who oversee medical waste, patients and their families, the neighboring population, and environmental contamination. In addition, the inappropriate
Abdulhamid Althagafi +5 more
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Interventions to Control Virus Transmission During an Outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Experience from Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. [PDF]
, 1999 On 6 May 1995, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever ...
Kerstiëns, B, Matthys, F
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Microbial Analysis of Biomedical Wastes From Selected Health Facilities in Parts of Edo South and Its Public Health Implication [PDF]
, 2016 This study, aimed at the microbial analysis of biomedical waste (BMW) was carried out using 100 samples of 10 different BMW collected in duplicates from 5 busy primary healthcare centers (PHCs).The research findings showed a high prevalence of E.coli (39%
Eyaufe, A. A. (Aidevbo) +2 more
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The Current State of Management and Disposal of Wastes Related to COVID-19 : A review
대한환경공학회지, 2021 Objectives This paper summarizes effective waste management and disposal methods for plastic and medical wastes during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.
Jeongyeon Yoon +3 more
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