title: [Infective risks blamed on hospital waste. Epidemiologic reality or sanitary fiction?].
abstract: This revision is a reflection on the infectious risks of the hospital waste. According to Center for Disease Control there is no epidemiologic or microbiologic evidence to suggest that most waste from hospitals is any more infective than residential waste. There is no documented epidemiologic evidence that current health care related waste disposal practices have ever caused disease in the community. Only sharps and microbiological cultures are potentially infectious, but they constitute a small part of the total hospital waste and they must be autoclaved. Incineration is not a safe method for the sterilization of the hospital potential infectious waste.
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Zanon
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006761:Hospitals; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D008506:Medical Waste
vernacular_title: Riscos infecciosos imputados ao lixo hospitalar. Realidade epidemiológica ou ficção sanitária?