Biomedical waste in laboratory medicine: Audit and management

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-13

  Chitnis, V ^b   Vaidya, K ^b   Chitnis, D S ^a  

^a CHOITHRAM HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Audit; Biomedical waste; Management

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLASS; HYPOCHLORITE; TOXIC GAS;

AUTOCLAVE; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; CHEMICAL WASTE; CLEANING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTAINER; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; INCINERATION; LIQUID; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGY; PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE; TISSUE FIXATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14844312070     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.13865     Document Type: Review

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