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UNINA9910459889103321 |
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Titolo |
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities : a practical guide / / edited by Yves Chartier [and 8 others] |
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Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical care - Waste disposal |
Medical wastes - Safety measures |
Health facilities - Waste disposal |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Definition and characterization of health-care waste; 2.1 General definition and classification; 2.1.1 Sharps waste; 2.1.2 Infectious waste; 2.2 Pathological waste; 2.3 Pharmaceutical waste, including genotoxic waste; 2.4 Chemical waste; 2.5 Radioactive waste; 2.6 Non-hazardous general waste; 2.7 Sources of health-care waste; 2.8 Generation of health-care waste; 2.9 Physicochemical characteristics; 2.10 Minimum approach to overall management of health-care waste |
2.11 Desirable improvements to the minimum approach2.12 References and further reading; 3 Risks associated with health-care waste; 3.1 Overview of hazards; 3.1.1 Types of hazards; 3.1.2 Persons at risk; 3.1.3 Hazards from infectious waste and sharps; 3.1.4 Hazards from chemical and pharmaceutical waste; 3.1.5 Hazards from genotoxic waste; 3.1.6 Hazards from radioactive waste; 3.1.7 Hazards from health-care waste-treatment methods; 3.2 Public sensitivity; 3.3 Public health impact; 3.3.1 Impacts of infectious waste and sharps; 3.3.2 Impacts of chemical and pharmaceutical waste |
3.3.3 Impacts of genotoxic waste3.3.4 Impacts of radioactive waste; |
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