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Zarządzanie odpadami medycznymi
Management of Medical Waste

Author(s): Tomasz Adam Karkowski, Dorota Karkowska, Paweł Skoczylas
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Management and complex organizations, Health and medicine and law, Environmental interactions
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: medical waste; production; storage; utilisation; environment;

Summary/Abstract: Medical waste pose a threat both for persons working with them (therefore, it is necessary to prepare and share with the employees instructions on how to deal with medical waste) and for the environment which can get contaminated. That is why the act on medical waste contemplates many restrictions on their production, storage and utilisation. The objective of the article is to present various types of medical waste and the rules on dealing with then in accordance with the dispositions of the act on waste and well as other executive acts. The article is based on current subject literature and the analysis of legal acts. The article is a desk research analysis.

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 10.3
  • Page Range: 149-162
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish