The basis for healthcare waste management

This section aims at providing answers to the following questions.


What is healthcare waste (HCW) exactly?



Definitions

Categories

What does the waste stream look like?





Waste steps

Who's confronted with this type of waste?





Actors

What risks and how minimize them?



Risks

Risk reduction

What should one do in critical situations?



Emergencies

Spillages

What kind of regulatory framework exists?



Agreements

Policy