Report: Hospital waste management - Awareness and practices: A study of three states in India

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-303

  Rao, P Hanumantha ^a  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Biomedical waste management; Common waste management facility; Hospitals and nursing homes; Private medical practitioners; Segregation; Sharps management; wmr 1252 9

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT; COLOR CODING; HOSPITAL WASTE; SHARPS MANAGEMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUMPING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SHARPS DISPOSAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AWARENESS; INDIA; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 44649171533     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08088693     Document Type: Article

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