title: Going green by reducing red. New alternative medical waste treatment technologies.
abstract: The field of medical waste disposal is changing rapidly. Over the past decade, there has been increasing public health concern over health care's red bag waste. The health care industry must routinely contend with a complex set of regulations covering occupational safety, transportation and packaging, medical waste disposal management, and now environmental regulations for medical waste incinerators.
authors.affiliation: MHA Service Corporation, USA. pzanoni@lans.mha.org
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zanoni
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017745:Incineration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008824:Michigan