According to World Health Organization (WHO):
- Of the total amount of waste generated by health-care activities, about 85% is general, non-hazardous waste.
- The remaining 15% is considered hazardous material that may be infectious, toxic or radioactive.
Available in: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs253/en/
Is there some data in your country to prove this percentual, or to disagree with WHO's data?
HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT (HCWM) IN PAKISTAN:
http://ayubmed.edu.pk/JAMC/PAST/22-4/Ramesh.pdf
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The health care Waste is always hazardous. However hazardous is how much effective Is depend upon number of factors which is well known.
Hi, please find here data regarding special waste production - including both hazardous and non-hazardous HCW - in Italy in 2015. Unfortunately it is in Italian. http://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/rapporti/RapportoRifiutiSpeciali_Ed.2015n.225_Vers.Integrale.pdf
Are you writing a paper about it? Some colleagues and I were discussing about it (actually in EU).
Regards
Hi, Marco Caniato. Thank you very much for your comment. I am interested to discuss this context in Brazil and understand more about the experience of other countries.
Hi Marcos,
Use the document below. from the Royal College of Nursing.
Regards,
Terry
https://www2.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/572079/RCN_waste_guidance_2014.pdf
Dear Marcos
My latest paper was about health-care waste management in Iran
In our study, The percentage of general, infectious and sharps waste were 47.1, 42.2 and 10.7 %, respectively. WHO reported that 75- 90 % of total HCWs are general waste and 10- 25 % are infectious and hazardous wastes [3]. Results showed that the infectious and hazardous wastes measured in this study were higher than those reported by WHO...
Also you can find our paper from my homepage.
Regards,
Ata
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