title: [The management of medical waste].
abstract: Sanitary residues fall inside the general category of residues produced; therefore, we must begin with general aspects such as the habit of producing residues, the awareness a country has regarding this problem and the treatment policy to apply in order to deal with these residues. The author also established the characteristics and the classification for these residues as well as the way identify the diverse types of residues for each specific area they come from.
authors.affiliation: Bolsa de Subproductos de Cataluña.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Elias
mesh_terms: D008506:Medical Waste / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D008506:Medical Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal