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Safe Management of Wastes from Health-Care Activities

This handbook provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies. Future issues such as climate change and the changing patterns of diseases and their impacts on health-care waste management are also discussed.

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2014

Type

Tool

Categories

  • Supply chain & logistics

Organisations

  • World Health Organization (WHO)

Tags

  • Waste management

By EVM criterion

  • E9 Waste management
  • R2 Equipment management
  • ST Strategic planning

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