Hospital Waste Management and It's Probable Health Effect : A Lesson Learned from Bangladesh

Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 124-137

  Akter, Nasima ^a   Hussain, Zakir ^a   Trankler, Josef ^a   Parkpian, Preeda ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Awareness; Disposal; Health effects; Hospital waste; In house management; Infectious agents; Management; Regulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BANGLADESH; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0041375444     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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