Overview of technologies for the treatment of infectious and sharp waste from health care facilities

The purpose of this document is two-fold. The first is to provide criteria for selecting technologies to facilitate decision making for

improved health care waste management in health care facilities.

The second is to provide an overview of specific health care waste technologies for the treatment of solid infectious and sharp waste for health care facility administrators and planners, WASH and infection prevention control staff, national planners, donors and partners. For each technology, details on its operation, effects on the

environment and health, requirements for installation, capacities for treating waste, examples of consumables and advantages and disadvantages are described.