1.2. Training of hospital staff and the creation of specific health care waste agencies
A need for ongoing training within establishments was reported for personnel that deal with health care waste and are particularly involved in the segregating of health care risk waste from general waste. A solution proposed for encouraging role players to be more diligent in their health care waste management was that of a professional body from which members can be expelled should they be found guilty of practicing improper health care waste management. No news stories reported support for this professional body.
1.3. The development of health care waste management strategy documents
The Democratic Alliance proposed a specialised health care waste management programme to be set up using resources from the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism that would enforce law, create clear guidelines, keep necessary records, monitor transgressors, and educate government officials.
2. Problematic solutions
This Daily News report describes the action of the Kwa Zulu Natal department of health following the problem of increasing amounts of waste:
“The mad scramble to fix the problems is indicative of an …show more content…
This includes awareness campaigns such as Nationwide Pharmacy Week aimed at informing citizens on the correct disposal of old/expired medicines; as well as campaigns launched by an environmental activist group that held workshops for nurses to learn about proper health care waste disposal. News stories reported on the Health Care Waste Summit and Expo that was held in 2009 with hope that a national health care waste strategy would be put together by the end of the conference. Crompton Hospital was the only health care facility reported to engage in special retraining of staff following an incident of medical waste being found in a municipal
A need for ongoing training within establishments was reported for personnel that deal with health care waste and are particularly involved in the segregating of health care risk waste from general waste. A solution proposed for encouraging role players to be more diligent in their health care waste management was that of a professional body from which members can be expelled should they be found guilty of practicing improper health care waste management. No news stories reported support for this professional body.
1.3. The development of health care waste management strategy documents
The Democratic Alliance proposed a specialised health care waste management programme to be set up using resources from the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism that would enforce law, create clear guidelines, keep necessary records, monitor transgressors, and educate government officials.
2. Problematic solutions
This Daily News report describes the action of the Kwa Zulu Natal department of health following the problem of increasing amounts of waste:
“The mad scramble to fix the problems is indicative of an …show more content…
This includes awareness campaigns such as Nationwide Pharmacy Week aimed at informing citizens on the correct disposal of old/expired medicines; as well as campaigns launched by an environmental activist group that held workshops for nurses to learn about proper health care waste disposal. News stories reported on the Health Care Waste Summit and Expo that was held in 2009 with hope that a national health care waste strategy would be put together by the end of the conference. Crompton Hospital was the only health care facility reported to engage in special retraining of staff following an incident of medical waste being found in a municipal