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3 Health impacts of health-care waste - WHO
Safe management of wastes from Health - care activities 3 Health impacts of Health - care waste Hazards of Health - care waste Health - care waste includes a large component of general waste and a smaller proportion of hazardous waste . This chapter addresses the poten- tial hazards of exposure to hazardous (or risk) Health - care waste . Types of hazards Exposure to hazardous Health - care waste can result in disease or injury. The hazardous nature of Health - care waste may be due to one or more of the following characteristics: it contains infectious agents;. it is genotoxic;. it contains toxic or hazardous chemicals or pharmaceuticals;. it is radioactive;. it contains sharps. Persons at risk All individuals exposed to hazardous Health - care waste are potentially at risk, including those within Health - care establishments that generate hazardous waste , and those outside these sources who either handle such waste or are exposed to it as a consequence of careless management. The main groups at risk are the following: medical doctors, nurses, Health - care auxiliaries, and hospital mainte- nance personnel.
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities 20 3 Health impacts of health-care waste 3.1 Hazards of health-care waste Health-care waste includes a large component of general waste and a
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