Practical aspects of hazardous waste management for hospitals.
The two previous articles in this four-part series introduced the need for hazardous waste management in hospitals, the regulatory background, and insight into determining which hospital waste streams are hazardous or infectious. In this article the author focuses on the management of these waste streams including handling, packaging, storage procedures, and methods of disposal, and discusses those factors which need to be considered when choosing a disposal method.
D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D008506:Medical Waste; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014866:Waste Products