The treatment of infectious waste arising from home health and medical care services: Present situation in Japan

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Miyazaki, Motonobu ^a   Imatoh, Takuya ^a   Une, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; SOLID WASTES;

HOME HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE SERVICES (HHMC); INJECTION NEEDLES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

HEALTH SERVICES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALS; JAPAN; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33750821209     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.12.018     Document Type: Article

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