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Health care waste is not only waste from hospitals but can also be waste from beauty parlours. This waste has to be handled with care as there are some serious health risks in handling the waste as it can carry infectious diseases. Proper handling and safe disposal, in most cases high temperature incineration is necessary to eliminate the risk of contamination.
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DocumentHospital Waste Management in the Philippines (02 Aug 05)

Two case studies in Metro Manila

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DocumentHospital Waste Management in Four Major Cities (06 Jun 05)

UWEP Working Document 8

This report draws on research in Bogota, Colombia; Hanoi, Vietnam; Karachi, Pakistan; and Manila, the Philippines. It looks at the procedures used for the segregation, storage, collection, disposal and recycling of healthcare waste. Focussing on the role of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) it makes recommendations on how health care waste management can be improved.

Read more or download WD08 ebook.pdf  (612 kB)

DocumentHospital Waste Management in Pakistan (14 Mar 05)

The objective of this research was to examine, analyse and document the existing health care waste management system in the city of Karachi, Pakistan. The basic aim was to provide information regarding the actual establishment of an economic and environmental sound basis for small enterprises to participate in the handling of health care waste.

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DocumentHazardous Waste - Resource recovery: existing practices (14 Jan 05)

Urban Waste Series 4, Working Paper - This document describes how used motor oil, household batteries and photographic materials are recovered and reprocessed by informal small-scale enterprises. Occupational health and environmental conditions are discussed and a (theoretical) approach as to how these could be improved is presented.

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ArticleAbout Medical Waste (14 Jan 05)

About Medical Waste

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