Download or read book Environmental Laws and Regulations Relating to Medical Waste Disposal written by C. C. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Safe Management of Wastes from Health care Activities written by Yves Chartier and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2014 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of the WHO handbook on the safe, sustainable and affordable management of health-care waste--commonly known as "the Blue Book". The original Blue Book was a comprehensive publication used widely in health-care centers and government agencies to assist in the adoption of national guidance. It also provided support to committed medical directors and managers to make improvements and presented practical information on waste-management techniques for medical staff and waste workers. It has been more than ten years since the first edition of the Blue Book. During the intervening period, the requirements on generators of health-care wastes have evolved and new methods have become available. Consequently, WHO recognized that it was an appropriate time to update the original text. The purpose of the second edition is to expand and update the practical information in the original Blue Book. The new Blue Book is designed to continue to be a source of impartial health-care information and guidance on safe waste-management practices. The editors' intention has been to keep the best of the original publication and supplement it with the latest relevant information. The audience for the Blue Book has expanded. Initially, the publication was intended for those directly involved in the creation and handling of health-care wastes: medical staff, health-care facility directors, ancillary health workers, infection-control officers and waste workers. This is no longer the situation. A wider range of people and organizations now have an active interest in the safe management of health-care wastes: regulators, policy-makers, development organizations, voluntary groups, environmental bodies, environmental health practitioners, advisers, researchers and students. They should also find the new Blue Book of benefit to their activities. Chapters 2 and 3 explain the various types of waste produced from health-care facilities, their typical characteristics and the hazards these wastes pose to patients, staff and the general environment. Chapters 4 and 5 introduce the guiding regulatory principles for developing local or national approaches to tackling health-care waste management and transposing these into practical plans for regions and individual health-care facilities. Specific methods and technologies are described for waste minimization, segregation and treatment of health-care wastes in Chapters 6, 7 and 8. These chapters introduce the basic features of each technology and the operational and environmental characteristics required to be achieved, followed by information on the potential advantages and disadvantages of each system. To reflect concerns about the difficulties of handling health-care wastewaters, Chapter 9 is an expanded chapter with new guidance on the various sources of wastewater and wastewater treatment options for places not connected to central sewerage systems. Further chapters address issues on economics (Chapter 10), occupational safety (Chapter 11), hygiene and infection control (Chapter 12), and staff training and public awareness (Chapter 13). A wider range of information has been incorporated into this edition of the Blue Book, with the addition of two new chapters on health-care waste management in emergencies (Chapter 14) and an overview of the emerging issues of pandemics, drug-resistant pathogens, climate change and technology advances in medical techniques that will have to be accommodated by health-care waste systems in the future (Chapter 15).

Download or read book Medical Waste Regulation written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Medical waste that washed up on the nation's beaches during the summers of 1987 and 1988 raised concerns about whether these wastes could transmit diseases such as AIDS... Concerned about the adequacy of medical waste management, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities and Energy, House Committee on Small Business, requested that GAO examine how states regulate infectious medical waste and the implementation of the Medical Waste Tracking Act."--p.2.

Download or read book Environmental Law and Regulation in New York written by William R. Ginsberg and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulation of Medical Waste written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Waste Incineration and Public Health written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-10-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incineration has been used widely for waste disposal, including household, hazardous, and medical wasteâ€"but there is increasing public concern over the benefits of combusting the waste versus the health risk from pollutants emitted during combustion. Waste Incineration and Public Health informs the emerging debate with the most up-to-date information available on incineration, pollution, and human healthâ€"along with expert conclusions and recommendations for further research and improvement of such areas as risk communication. The committee provides details on: Processes involved in incineration and how contaminants are released. Environmental dynamics of contaminants and routes of human exposure. Tools and approaches for assessing possible human health effects. Scientific concerns pertinent to future regulatory actions. The book also examines some of the social, psychological, and economic factors that affect the communities where incineration takes place and addresses the problem of uncertainty and variation in predicting the health effects of incineration processes.

Download or read book Law relating to Bio Medical Waste Management with Special Reference to Bangalore Urban City written by Dr. Shivakumar M.A and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Human activities produce certain kinds of waste, such waste may be dangerous and it needs safe and proper disposal. It can also be dangerous to human beings and the environment. The improper management of Bio-Medical Waste generated in Health Care Institutions/Hospitals severely affects the health of patients, staff and the public at large and also has an adverse impact on the environment. In addition, pollution from improper treatment of waste directly affects the health of the community, in this affinity the author has selected a specific area and collected necessary research data by personally visiting the selected Health Care Institutions within Bangalore Urban City. Therefore, this book comprises Bio-Medical Waste Management and its impact on the Environment and Human beings, National and International Legal framework on Health Care Waste Management, it is useful for students who are studying Bachelor of Law (LL.B), Master of Law (LL.M) Ph.D scholars, Doctors, Nurses and persons who are handling of Health Care Waste Management at Hospital, Labs, Clinics and all Health Care Institutions

Download or read book Infectious Waste 1 year Update on Practices Policy and Public Protection written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book State Environmental Law Special Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health Hazards Posed in the Generation Handling and Disposal of Infectious Wastes written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation and Business Opportunities and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Commerce written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New York Environmental Law Handbook written by Llp Nixon Peabody and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2005-12-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition covers the topics that affect the regulated community, environmental managers, lawyers, and lenders the most. Focusing on the state's major regulatory schemes_environmental quality review, air, water, hazardous waste, and wetlands_this handbook examines recent changes that have occurred in New York environmental law, including New York's Superfund statutes amendment. All statutes and regulations are liberally footnoted for easier follow-up and deeper investigation.

Download or read book Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce as Amended Through December 31 2000 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biomedical Waste Disposal written by Singh and published by JAYPEE BROTHERS PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The ABCs of Environmental Regulation written by Joel B. Goldsteen and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2003 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Need access to the basics? This popular handbook uses a practical and easy-to-read approach to explaining the scope of environmental regulations and providing concise yet comprehensive discussions of 38 federal environmental acts. New areas covered in this edition include Prevention of Pollution from Ships, Shore Protection Act, National Coastal Zone Monitoring Act, Estuary Restoration Act, Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act, and international environmental and quality standards (ISO).

Download or read book Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Commerce written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Environmental Law written by John S. Applegate and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title identifies and analyzes the key technical, legal, and policy problems that legislators, regulators, and lawyers deal with in hazardous waste management. The book surveys, organizes, and explains the most important provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), while providing relevant background. It emphasizes the scientific, policy, and legal issues that make hazardous waste management a difficult and complex problem for Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency, and practicing lawyers.