A pilot survey of the U.S. medical waste industry to determine training needs for safely handling highly infectious waste

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 133-138

  Le, Aurora B ^a   Hoboy, Selin ^b   Germain, Anne ^c   Miller, Hal ^d   Thompson, Richard ^e   Herstein, Jocelyn J ^f   Jelden, Katelyn C ^g   Beam, Elizabeth L ^f,h   Gibbs, Shawn G ^a   Lowe, John J ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stericycle Inc   (United States)

^c National Waste and Recycling Association   (United States)

^d Larson Miller Medical Waste Disposal Inc   (United States)

^e Republic Services   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Category A waste; Ebola waste; Highly infectious disease education; Highly infectious disease training; Worker safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INFECTIOUS WASTE; LANDFILL; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PICKER; WASTE-TO-ENERGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PILOT PROJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029804736     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.08.017     Document Type: Article

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