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| Safe health-care waste management: Policy paper |
WHO |
2004 |
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This document reviews the risks before providing guiding policy principles and a strategy to implement it.
This policy paper also exists in French, Spanish and Russian.
Prepared by Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals depratment and the Protection of the Human Environment department / Water, Sanitation and Health unit at WHO
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| Regulated medical waste reduction |
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment |
2003 |
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10 steps to implementing a regulated medical waste reduction plan.
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| Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of biomedical and healthcare wastes (Y1, Y2) |
SBC / UNEP |
2003 |
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The guidelines provide information for the proper treatment of wastes from health-care establishments (public and private). The information provided takes due consideration of the waste management requirements of disposal and recovery measures as well as hygiene requirements. In addition to ecological aspects, the information and recommendations should be economically feasible and easy to undertake. It and also makes allowances for technical progress.
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| "First, do no harm" Introducing auto-disable syringes and ensuring injection safety in immunization systems of developing countries |
WHO |
2002 |
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note: update for the document.
Health-care waste should be treated according to national regulations. WHO promotes the principle of environmentally sound management of health-care waste.
Low temperature incineration (.<800°C) and any other form of burning (drum, pit, open space etc) remains the last option for infectious waste in emergemcy situations when no alternative treatment is available, e.g.: during acute outbreaks of communicable diseases. (adapted from safe managemenmt of wastes from health care activities, 1999, page 86).
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| Albania: Injection Practices - Rapid Assessment and Proposed Action Plan |
WHO |
2000 |
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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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| Starting health care waste management in medical institutions: a practical approach |
Philip Rushbrook et al. |
2000 |
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This document has been prepared in response to numerous requests for advice and assistance by staff in ministries of health and health care institutions, particularly from those who are responsible for introducing better waste management practices in medical institutions so as to reduce infection risks and improve hygiene.
The information provided is of a practical nature. It is based on the outcome of several field projects in the WHO European Region involving schemes to improve health care waste management in hospitals and similar institutions.
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| Guidelines for Safe Disposal of Unwanted Pharmaceuticals in and after Emergencies |
A group of internationals institutions coordinated by WHO |
1999 |
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In this document guidance is provided on the disposal of drugs in difficult situations in or after emergencies, in relation to armed conflicts, natural disasters or others. In such situations, it may happen that large quantities of unwanted drugs accumulate due to difficulties, mismanagement of stocks and inappropriate donations.
The guidance provided consists in relatively simple and low-cost measures and is addressed to local authorities, health care personnel or other professionals confronted to this type of problem.
Main content:
- existing disposal methods;
- recommended disposal methods by waste category.
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| Teacher's Guide: Management of waste from health-care activities |
WHO / A. Prüss, W.K. Townend |
1998 |
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The teacher's guide accompanies the WHO publication on management of wastes from health care activities.
It provides teaching materials (ready-to-copy texts for overhead transparencies, lecture notes, handouts, exercises and course evaluation forms) and recommendations for a three-day training course.
It is designed mainly for managers of health care establishments, public health professionals and policy makers. A selection of pictures to support training in health care waste management is available on line.
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