Recent Trend in Medical Wastes. Proper Management of Infectious Waste.

• KINOSHITA Masaaki

  Office of Industrial Waste Management, Department of Water Supply and Environment Sanitation, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 医療廃棄物をめぐる最近の動向　研究委員会研究活動（医療廃棄物部会）　感染性廃棄物の適正処理について

Abstract

Healthcare wastes are known to be harmful because they include infectious wastes, through accidents in the medical field such as when a doctor died by infectious disease in Japan. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has therefore made guidelines for healthcare waste treatment from hospitals in 1989.<BR>In 1991, the basic law (waste management law) was amended and a new system (specially controlled wastes) was introduced for better restrictions. The infectious waste was designated as one of the specially controlled waste with other harmful wastes.<BR>To manage the specially controlled waste properly, the generator has to appoint the staff as supervisor and to use the manifest, and treatment business must be licenced from local authorities.<BR>The guidelines are revised as a manual for infectious wastes and the wastes must be managed under this manual.<BR>Improvement on treating business through staff training, and introducing better devices and facilities is important for the future proper treatment of the waste.

Journal

• Waste Management Research

  Waste Management Research 7 (1), 5-11, 1996

  Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Keywords

• healthcare wastes
• infectious wastes
• specially controlled wastes
• manifest

Details

• CRID: 1390001204415314048
• NII Article ID: 10002443841
• NII Book ID: AN10414674
• DOI: 10.3985/wmr.7.5
• ISSN: 18838960
• ISSN: 09170855
• Text Lang: ja
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• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed