Health-care Waste

Health-care Waste

1. What ?

   • 80% General Waste
   • 20% Hazardous Waste
     • Infectious waste
     • Pathological waste
     • Sharps
     • Chemicals / pharmaceutical
     • Radioactive waste
     • Heavy metals

2. Why tackle it?

   • Infectious
     • 23 million Hep B and C viruses
     • 260,000 HIV viruses

3. Where?

   • Hospitals
   • Research Centres
   • Mortuary and autopsy centres
   • Blood banks
   • Nursing homes

4. Why produced?

   • Lack of awareness
   • Absence of waste management and disposal systems
     • lack of training in proper waste management
     • No appropriate regulations/ unenforced
   • Insufficient resources
     • low priority
   • Legal

5. Future Steps

   • Build comprehensive systems
   • Raising awareness