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Fundamentals of health-care waste management
www.who.int1.3 Definitions and classification of health-care waste (10) Health-care waste includes all the wastes generated by medical activities. It embraces activities of diagnosis as well as preventive, curative and palliative treatments in the field of human and veterinary medicine. In other words, are considered as health-care waste all the wastes ...
Handling, storage, and transportation of health-care waste ...
www.who.intSafe management of wastes from health-care activities 62 Table 7.1 Recommended colour-coding for health-care waste Type of waste Colour of container and Type of container markings Highly infectious waste Yellow, marked Strong, leak-proof plastic bag,
WASH IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - World Health Organization
apps.who.intof infection by seeking care in health facilities that lack basic necessities, including water, sanitation, hygiene, health care waste management and cleaning (WASH) services. Not only does the lack of WASH services in health care facilities compromise patient safety and dignity, it also has the potential to exacerbate the spread