[Safe management of waste generated in health care institutions especially with infectious waste].
Health care institutions generate variable waste, including infectious. Since the microorganism can survive on non alive surfaces for up to dozen or so mouth infectious medical waste can be real health risk for patients and personnel. Then it is very important to prepare and introduce the plan of waste management. It must be done by the adequate team. The members of this committee should be representatives from all departments. The plan of management waste from health can institutions include the segregation of waste and management (collecting, storage, transport, neutralization).
Kanclerski
Krzysztof
K
Zakład Zwalczania Skazeń Biologicznych Narodowego Instytutu Zdrowia Publicznego, Państwowego Zakładu Higieny, Warszawa. kkanclerski@pzh.gov.pl
Głuszyński
Paweł
P
D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D011044:Poland; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D018505:Waste Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods
D006256:Hazardous Waste; D008506:Medical Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal