Better Health Care Waste Management

An Integral Component of Health Investment

• Author(s): Philip Rushbrook, R. Zghondi,
• Publisher: World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Regional Centre for Environmental Health Activities
• Pages: 59
• ISBN_10: 9290213892
  ISBN_13: 9789290213895
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning , Business & Economics / International / General , Medical / Public Health ,

Description:... Health care waste is poorly managed at many health care facilities worldwide, creating the potential for a preventable infection risk. This publication considers how effective health care waste management policies can be implemented with relatively modest levels of effort and investment, as a component of new health care investment and promotion programmes.