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Author |
Year |
| Safe Management of Wastes from Health-Care Activities |
WHO / Annette Pruess, E. Giroult, P. Rushbrook |
1999 |
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This handbook - the result of extensive international consultation and collaboration - provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes.
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| Blood transfusion safety |
WHO |
2011 |
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Blood transfusion services generate infectious and non-infectious waste through its activities such as blood samples, blood bags, sharps, glass/plastic ware, chemicals and medical devices.
It also have to dispose a huge amount of blood and blood products: red cells, plasma and platelets due to infectious units, expired units and other processing defects. These waste are generated in various health-care settings. Blood and blood products should be treated and disposed adequately and not mixed with the municipal wastes stream.
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| Gestion des déchets biomédicaux: outil d'évaluation rapide. Seconde édition. |
WHO |
2011 |
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Cet outil est conçu comme une aide lors de l'évaluation de la gestion des déchets biomédicaux au niveau d'un pays. Il permet de synthétiser les pratiques actuelles, de se faire une idée du degré de conscience des risques associés avec une gestion inapropriée des DAS, d'aborder les questions légales, etc.
Le document d'origine (en anglais) a été élaboré par Mark Haltmeier et Frank Bouvet à la demande de l'OMS et de l'UNEP/SBC.
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| HCWM - Rapid Assessment Tool (RAT). Second edition. |
WHO and UNEP/SBC |
2011 |
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This assessment tool has been created to help get an overall picture of the HCWM situation prevailing within a country at all levels (ministerial down to small HCFs).
It enables to assess management, training, regulatory, technical and financial issues and it’s analysis should help pinpoint critical issues that need to be addressed within the framework of a National Action Plan (NAP).
Prepared by Mark Haltmeier and Frank Bouvet on behalf of the Protection of the Human Environment departments / Water, Sanitation and Health unit at WHO and UNEP/SBC
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| Health-care waste management - Fact sheet n° 281 |
Mark Haltmeier |
2011 |
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WHO has issued a fact sheet that discusses the controversy over the incineration of certain types of HCW, especially plastics that contain PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and may lead to the emissions of dioxins, furans and other toxic air pollutants.
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| Waste from health-care activities - Fact sheet n° 253 |
Mark Haltmeier |
2011 |
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This WHO fact sheet presents the different types of healthcare waste (HCW) and the health impact risks associated with their disposal.
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| HCWM - Expanded Costing Analysis Tools (ECAT) - High-income countries |
WHO |
2007 |
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Allocating insufficient financial resources to manage HCW properly has an even greater financial cost in the medium and long term in terms of morbidity and mortality as well as environmental damage, that will, in the end, impact negatively on peoples’ health.
The expanded costing analysis tool (ECAT) is a modified version of the cost analysis tool (CAT) and provides more options and approaches than the CAT. It was created to help the user estimate costs related to health care waste management (HCWM) at the health care facility (HCF), central treatment facility or cluster, and national levels.
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| HCWM - Expanded Costing Analysis Tools (ECAT) - Low-income countries |
WHO |
2007 |
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Allocating insufficient financial resources to manage HCW properly has an even greater financial cost in the medium and long term in terms of morbidity and mortality as well as environmental damage, that will, in the end, impact negatively on peoples’ health.
The expanded costing analysis tool (ECAT) is a modified version of the cost analysis tool (CAT) and provides more options and approaches than the CAT. It was created to help the user estimate costs related to health care waste management (HCWM) at the health care facility (HCF), central treatment facility or cluster, and national levels.
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| HCWM - Expanded Costing Analysis Tools (ECAT) - Medium-income countries |
WHO |
2007 |
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Allocating insufficient financial resources to manage HCW properly has an even greater financial cost in the medium and long term in terms of morbidity and mortality as well as environmental damage, that will, in the end, impact negatively on peoples’ health.
The expanded costing analysis tool (ECAT) is a modified version of the cost analysis tool (CAT) and provides more options and approaches than the CAT. It was created to help the user estimate costs related to health care waste management (HCWM) at the health care facility (HCF), central treatment facility or cluster, and national levels.
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| International Meeting on Health-Care Waste, Geneva, Switzerland, June 20-22, 2007 |
WHO / Dr Jorge Emmanuel |
2007 |
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An international meeting on health-care waste was held in Geneva on June 20-22, 2007. The meeting was attended by 53 participants from about two dozen countries representing 33 organizations concerned with health-care waste management (HCWM). The specific objectives of the meeting were: to explore areas of collaboration between the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) and key international partners on HCWM; to agree on a plan to update the WHO reference document on health-care wastes; to review the latest developments in projects related to HCWM; and to obtain agreement on core principles regarding funding of HCWM.
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| The Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes Conventions |
UNEP |
2007 |
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Presentation of the three Conventions: Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm
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| WHO core principles for achieving safe and sustainable management of health-care waste |
WHO |
2007 |
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The safe and sustainable management of health-care waste is a public health imperative and a responsibility of all. Improper management of health-care waste poses a significant risk to patients, health-care workers, the community and the environment. This problem can be solved. The right investment of resources and commitment will result in a substantive reduction of disease burden and corresponding savings in health expenditures.
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| Albania: Injection Practices - Rapid Assessment and Proposed Action Plan |
WHO |
2006 |
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As Albania was planning a mass measles/rubella vaccination campaign for November 2000, the World Health Organization carried out a rapid assessment of both injection practices as well as healthcare waste management.
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| Georgia: Immunization Programme Management Review |
WHO |
2006 |
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Various immunization programme components (such as management, coordination, strategies, policies, monitoring, etc.) at the national and sub-national levels were examined and are summarized in the present report.
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| Georgia: Waste Management Assessment and Planning for the National Immunization Programme |
WHO |
2006 |
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Initial assessment and elaboration of a waste management plan for NIP outlining program management, capacity building, IEC and M&E components, and description of proposed waste management technologies for the national program.
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| Gestion des déchets produits par les injections - Poster |
WHO |
2006 |
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Cette affiche illustre comment éliminer correctement les seringues.
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| Gestion des déchets produits par les injections au niveau des districts. Guide à l'intention des administrateurs sanitaires de district |
WHO |
2006 |
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Due to financial and institutional constraints, limited efforts have been made to provide District Management Teams with simple and adequate guidelines to set-up health-care waste management plans for primary and secondary health-care facilities. In particular, management of waste from mass and routine injection activities remains problematic as significant quantities of disposable or auto-disable syringes and needles are generated, for which there must be safe disposal options.
This guide is designed as a simple and practical tool to help District Health Managers elaborate a realistic
District level plan to reduce improper disposal of waste from injection activities.
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| HCWM - Costing Analysis Tool (CAT) |
WHO |
2006 |
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This costing tool has been created to help estimate and calculate costs relating to HCWM at National and health-care facility (HCF) levels.
Prepared by Mark Haltmeier on behalf of the Protection of the Human Environment departments / Water, Sanitation and Health unit at WHO
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| Management of waste from injection activities - Poster |
WHO |
2006 |
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This poster provides a good overview of what needs to be done to dispose of syringes in a safe way.
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| Management of waste from injection activities at district level: guidelines for district health managers |
WHO |
2006 |
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Due to financial and institutional constraints, limited efforts have been made to provide District Management Teams with simple and adequate guidelines to set-up health-care waste management plans for primary and secondary health-care facilities. In particular, management of waste from mass and routine injection activities remains problematic as significant quantities of disposable or auto-disable syringes and needles are generated, for which there must be safe disposal options.
This guide is designed as a simple and practical tool to help District Health Managers elaborate a realistic
District level plan to reduce improper disposal of waste from injection activities.
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