Revolutionary advances in medical waste management. The Sanitec® system

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-18

  Edlich, Richard F ^a,b,c   Borel, Lise ^c   Jensen, H Gordon ^d   Winters, Kathryne L ^c   Long III, William B ^b   Gubler, K Dean ^b   Buschbacher, Ralph M ^e   Becker, Daniel G ^f   Chang, Dillon E ^g   Korngold, Jonathan ^c   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^c,h   Lin, Kant Y ^a   Nichter, Larry S ⁱ   Berenson, Susan ^j   Britt, L D ^k   Tafel, John A ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers ^*  (United States)

^d American Society of Civil Engineer   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Surgery   (United States)

^g KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN   (United States)

^h EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Pacific Center for Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^j MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^k EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Air filtration system; All weather steel enclosure; Automated mechanical lift load system; Clean Air Act of 1990; Medical waste management; Medical waste shredding system; Microprocessor; Microwave Disinfection System; Sanitec industries; Waste compactor

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTION; DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS; INSTALLATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MICROWAVES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RESIDUAL FUELS; STEEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR-FILTRATION SYSTEM; ALL-WEATHER STEEL ENCLOSURE; AUTOMATED MECHANICAL LIFT-LOAD SYSTEM; CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1990; DEVASTATING BACK INJURIES; HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR; MICROWAVE DISINFECTION SYSTEM; SANITEC® INDUSTRIES; SOPHISTICATED SHREDDING SYSTEM; WASTE COMPACTOR;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM; ALL WEATHER STEEL ENCLOSURE; AUTOCLAVE; AUTOMATED MECHANICAL LIFT LOAD SYSTEM; CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1990; EQUIPMENT; FILTER; FILTRATION; HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR FILTER; HOSPITAL WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; LAW; MEDICAL WASTE SHREDDING SYSTEM; MICROPROCESSOR; MICROWAVE DISINFECTION SYSTEM; PACKAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION STERILIZATION; REVIEW; SHIPPING; WASTE COMPACTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645472041     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v16.i1.20     Document Type: Review

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