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These are wastes generated in health care facilities? |
Health Care Waste |
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Waste Categories: |
General waste, Pathological waste, Sharps, Infectious waste, Chemical waste, Radio-active wate, Pharmaceutical waste, Pressurized Container, Genotoxic Waste |
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Expired outdated drugs chemicals |
Pharmaceutical waste |
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No risk to human health eg: office, paper, wrapper, kitchen waste, general sweeping etc. |
General waste |
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Needles, scaples, knives, blades etc. |
Sharps |
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Eg. Laboratory reagent, disinfectants, film developer |
Chemical waste |
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Waste containing Cytotoxic drugs (often used in cancer therapy |
Gentoxic waste |
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Gas cylinder, aerosal cans etc. |
Pressurized Container |
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Human tissue or fluid Eg. Body parts, blood, body fluids |
Pathological waste |
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Eg. Unused liquid from radiotherapy or lab research, contaminated glasswares etc. |
Radio-active waste |
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May transmit bacterial, viral or parasitica disease to human being, Eg. Laboratory culture, tissues (swabs) bandage etc. |
Infectious waste |
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Pathological waste and Sharp waste also come under “________” |
“Infectious waste” |
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Categories of Person Exposed to risk of infection |
Sanitation workers > Medical & Paramedical Staff > Patient + Visitors |
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Routes of transmission |
1. Inhalation of dust particles containing germs 2. Intact or non intact skin, mucous membranes 3. By ingestion |
