Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health
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Pharmaceutical wastes are<br />
further classified into general<br />
pharmaceutical waste such as<br />
vitamin tablets, paracetamol<br />
tablets, creams and ointments<br />
etc, and special pharmaceutical<br />
waste such as antibiotics,<br />
vaccines, other immunological<br />
products, and controlled drugs<br />
such as cocaine. Only special pharmaceutical<br />
waste needs special disposal by incineration.<br />
General pharmaceutical waste can be<br />
disposed of as general refuse.<br />
Chemical wastes include discarded solid,<br />
liquid and gaseous chemicals from diagnostic<br />
and experimental work and cleaning,<br />
housekeeping disinfecting and engineering<br />
services such as used lubricating oil, spent<br />
photographic developing solutions and spent<br />
solvents. These wastes are classified under<br />
toxic industrial waste and are to be segregated<br />
for special disposal by licensed toxic waste<br />
contractors.<br />
General wastes include office waste, food<br />
waste, packing materials, wastewater from<br />
laundries and floor washing and other<br />
substances that do not pose any significant<br />
contamination risk in handling. General<br />
wastes are disposed as general household<br />
waste by contractors at public waste disposal<br />
facilities such as refuse incineration plants and<br />
sanitary landfill.<br />
CHAPTER 3_COUNTRY ANALYSIS<br />
Collection, Storage and<br />
Transportation<br />
Containers for collecting Sharp <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Biohazardous wastes are segregated and<br />
collected in small color-coded disposal bags at<br />
the point of generation in the hospital. These<br />
bags are then transferred to larger color-coded<br />
disposal bags placed at the initial storage area<br />
of the utility / disposal rooms of the wards.<br />
These large disposal bags are to be clearly<br />
marked with the hospital name and the<br />
internationally recognized symbol for<br />
biohazard, radioactive and cytotoxic materials.<br />
The standard color code used for waste<br />
segregation is:<br />
yellow bags for biohazardous wastes<br />
purple for cytotoxic<br />
red for radioactive wastes<br />
black for general waste<br />
Used syringes with attached needles are<br />
collected in properly labeled puncture-proof<br />
plastic sharp container. When the container is<br />
full, it is securely closed and disposed in the<br />
large yellow bag provided at the utility /<br />
disposal room. The Figure above shows the<br />
containers used for collecting contaminated<br />
sharps.<br />
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SINGAPORE
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