title: Updated guidance to be 'first port of call'.
abstract: The Department of Health (DH), Defra, and the Department for Transport, have recently announced the publication of the second edition of the Safe management of healthcare waste manual (known as Health Technical Memorandum 07-01). Here, one of the key authors, Mick Fanning, associate consultant at environmental, energy, and sustainability consultancy, WSP Environment and Energy, gives an idea of the scope of the new guidance, with input from Lorraine Holme, programme manager, Sustainable Development Department, at the Department of Health's Health Estates & Facilities Division.
authors.affiliation: WSP Environmental.
authors.forename: Mick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fanning
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holme
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014186:Transportation; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D017744:Medical Waste Disposal