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Healthcare facilities

Health-care facilities are hospitals, primary health-care centres, isolation camps, burn patient units, feeding centres and others. In emergency situations, health-care facilities are often faced with an exceptionally high number of patients, some of whom may require specific medical care (e.g. treatment of chemical poisonings).

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  • Four steps for the sound management of health-care waste in emergencies
  • Guidelines for safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals in and after emergencies (1999)
  • Health-care waste and its safe management
  • Health through safe health care: safe water, basic sanitation and waste management in health-care settings
  • The management of health-care waste in emergencies

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  • Environmental health issues in a basic health care center in Ghurian, Afghanistan

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