Management of healthcare waste in circumstances of limited resources: A case study in the hospitals of Nablus city, Palestine

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-312

  Al Khatib, Issam A ^a   Al Qaroot, Yousef S ^b   Ali Shtayeh, Mohammad S ^c  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Generation rate; Hepatitis B; Hospital; Management; Medical waste; Nablus; Palestine; Wmr 1362 6

Indexed keywords

GENERATION RATE; HEPATITIS B; MEDICAL WASTE; NABLUS; PALESTINE; WMR 1362-6;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; WASTE INCINERATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH CARE; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

EID: 67650685004     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08094124     Document Type: Article

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