Healthcare waste management practices and risk perceptions: Findings from hospitals in the Algarve region, Portugal

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2657-2663

  Ferreira, Vera ^a   Teixeira, Margarida Ribau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY TASKS; HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT; HEALTHCARE WASTES; HUMAN HEALTH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ON-SITE OBSERVATIONS; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTIONS OF RISKS; PORTUGAL; WASTE HANDLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; WASTE SEPARATION;

HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITAL WASTE; MEDICAL STAFF; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE SEPARATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITALS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

ALGARVE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77957655319     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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