title: [Medical waste: the problem of handling].
abstract: The paper provides the environmental and hygienic characteristics of medical waste, the necessity of introducing a new system of collection, storage, transportation, and removal of waste from health care facilities. In accordance with SanPiN 2.1.7.728-99 (subparagraph 8.7.9.3a), an enterprise for thermal decontamination of hazardous waste should be necessarily set up with the purpose of possible removal of classes B and C garbage to the polygons, which will secure medical waste to man and the environment.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Osipova
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Kolpashchikova
authors.forename: L Iu
authors.initials: LIu
authors.lastname: Smirenskaia
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Budnikova
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shtraĭkher
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D008506:Medical Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal