title: Clinical waste management.
abstract: Every producer of controlled waste in the UK has a duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to dispose of the waste in a manner which takes appropriate care and consideration to ensure that it does not cause harm to human health or pollute the environment. This article looks at what is meant by 'duty of care' to ensure clinical waste produced by laboratories or in a health care setting is disposed of in the correct manner.
authors.affiliation: PHLS Headquarters, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5DF.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tearle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000145:classification; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D008506:Medical Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal