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Essential environmental health standards in health care [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves Chartier
| Essential environmental health standards in health care [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves Chartier |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.1572616.91 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AdamsJohn <1961->
BartramJamie ChartierYves |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental health - Standards
Health facilities - Standards Health facilities - Administration |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-74407-7
9786611744076 92-4-068449-2 92-4-068309-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminaries; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 Implementation; 3 Guidelines for setting environmental health standards; 4 Assessment checklist; 5 Glossary; 6 Further reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454489703321 |
| Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Essential environmental health standards in health care [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves Chartier
| Essential environmental health standards in health care [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves Chartier |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.1572616.91 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AdamsJohn <1961->
BartramJamie ChartierYves |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental health - Standards
Health facilities - Standards Health facilities - Administration |
| ISBN |
1-281-74407-7
9786611744076 92-4-068449-2 92-4-068309-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminaries; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 Implementation; 3 Guidelines for setting environmental health standards; 4 Assessment checklist; 5 Glossary; 6 Further reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782422103321 |
| Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Essential environmental health standards in health care [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves Chartier
| Essential environmental health standards in health care [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves Chartier |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.1572616.91 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AdamsJohn <1961->
BartramJamie ChartierYves |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental health - Standards
Health facilities - Standards Health facilities - Administration |
| ISBN |
1-281-74407-7
9786611744076 92-4-068449-2 92-4-068309-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminaries; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 Implementation; 3 Guidelines for setting environmental health standards; 4 Assessment checklist; 5 Glossary; 6 Further reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823794003321 |
| Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities : a practical guide / / edited by Yves Chartier [and 8 others]
| Safe management of wastes from health-care activities : a practical guide / / edited by Yves Chartier [and 8 others] |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.433621109773 |
| Collana | Nonserial Publications |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical care - Waste disposal
Medical wastes - Safety measures Health facilities - Waste disposal |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 92-4-069058-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; 3.4 Survival of pathogenic microorganisms in the environment; 3.5 The need for further research and epidemiological surveys; 3.6 References and further reading; 4 Legislative, regulatory and policy aspects of health-care waste; 4.1 Importance of a national policy; 4.2 Guiding principles; 4.3 International agreements and conventions; 4.3.1 The Basel Convention; 4.3.2 The Bamako Convention; 4.3.3 The Stockholm Convention; 4.3.4 The environment and sustainable development conferences 4.3.5 United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods4.3.6 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; 4.3.7 Aarhus Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; 4.4 Available guidance; 4.4.1 World Health Organization Guidance; 4.4.2 The International Solid Waste Association; 4.4.3 ISWA policy document on health-care waste management; 4.5 National legislation; 4.6 Technical guidelines; 4.7 Minimum approach to developing health-care waste-management policy; 4.8 Desirable improvements to the minimum approach; 4.9 References and further reading 5 Health-care waste-management planning5.1 The need for planning; 5.2 National plans; 5.2.1 Purpose of a national health-care waste-management plan; 5.2.2 Action plan for developing a national programme; 5.3 Waste-management plan for a health-care facility; 5.3.1 Assignment of responsibilities; 5.3.2 Management structure, liaison arrangements and duties; 5.3.3 Assessment of waste generation; 5.3.4 Development of a hospital waste-management plan; 5.3.5 Implementation of the waste-management plan; 5.4 Minimum approach to planning; 5.5 Desirable improvements to the minimum approach 5.6 References and further reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459889103321 |
| Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities : a practical guide / / edited by Yves Chartier [and 8 others]
| Safe management of wastes from health-care activities : a practical guide / / edited by Yves Chartier [and 8 others] |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.433621109773 |
| Collana | Nonserial Publications |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical care - Waste disposal
Medical wastes - Safety measures Health facilities - Waste disposal |
| ISBN | 92-4-069058-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; 3.4 Survival of pathogenic microorganisms in the environment; 3.5 The need for further research and epidemiological surveys; 3.6 References and further reading; 4 Legislative, regulatory and policy aspects of health-care waste; 4.1 Importance of a national policy; 4.2 Guiding principles; 4.3 International agreements and conventions; 4.3.1 The Basel Convention; 4.3.2 The Bamako Convention; 4.3.3 The Stockholm Convention; 4.3.4 The environment and sustainable development conferences 4.3.5 United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods4.3.6 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; 4.3.7 Aarhus Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; 4.4 Available guidance; 4.4.1 World Health Organization Guidance; 4.4.2 The International Solid Waste Association; 4.4.3 ISWA policy document on health-care waste management; 4.5 National legislation; 4.6 Technical guidelines; 4.7 Minimum approach to developing health-care waste-management policy; 4.8 Desirable improvements to the minimum approach; 4.9 References and further reading 5 Health-care waste-management planning5.1 The need for planning; 5.2 National plans; 5.2.1 Purpose of a national health-care waste-management plan; 5.2.2 Action plan for developing a national programme; 5.3 Waste-management plan for a health-care facility; 5.3.1 Assignment of responsibilities; 5.3.2 Management structure, liaison arrangements and duties; 5.3.3 Assessment of waste generation; 5.3.4 Development of a hospital waste-management plan; 5.3.5 Implementation of the waste-management plan; 5.4 Minimum approach to planning; 5.5 Desirable improvements to the minimum approach 5.6 References and further reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786904103321 |
| Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities : a practical guide / / edited by Yves Chartier [and 8 others]
| Safe management of wastes from health-care activities : a practical guide / / edited by Yves Chartier [and 8 others] |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.433621109773 |
| Collana | Nonserial Publications |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical care - Waste disposal
Medical wastes - Safety measures Health facilities - Waste disposal |
| ISBN | 92-4-069058-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; 3.4 Survival of pathogenic microorganisms in the environment; 3.5 The need for further research and epidemiological surveys; 3.6 References and further reading; 4 Legislative, regulatory and policy aspects of health-care waste; 4.1 Importance of a national policy; 4.2 Guiding principles; 4.3 International agreements and conventions; 4.3.1 The Basel Convention; 4.3.2 The Bamako Convention; 4.3.3 The Stockholm Convention; 4.3.4 The environment and sustainable development conferences 4.3.5 United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods4.3.6 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; 4.3.7 Aarhus Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; 4.4 Available guidance; 4.4.1 World Health Organization Guidance; 4.4.2 The International Solid Waste Association; 4.4.3 ISWA policy document on health-care waste management; 4.5 National legislation; 4.6 Technical guidelines; 4.7 Minimum approach to developing health-care waste-management policy; 4.8 Desirable improvements to the minimum approach; 4.9 References and further reading 5 Health-care waste-management planning5.1 The need for planning; 5.2 National plans; 5.2.1 Purpose of a national health-care waste-management plan; 5.2.2 Action plan for developing a national programme; 5.3 Waste-management plan for a health-care facility; 5.3.1 Assignment of responsibilities; 5.3.2 Management structure, liaison arrangements and duties; 5.3.3 Assessment of waste generation; 5.3.4 Development of a hospital waste-management plan; 5.3.5 Implementation of the waste-management plan; 5.4 Minimum approach to planning; 5.5 Desirable improvements to the minimum approach 5.6 References and further reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823499303321 |
| Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||