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waste management tool
Healthcare waste management rapid assessment tool available
 Sharps in the environment, East Africa (Photo: WHO) | This tool has been designed by WHO to assess the management of wastes from health-care activities at the level of a country. It allows drawing a picture of current practices, understanding the level of awareness regarding risks associated with unsafe health-care waste management, and evaluating the existing regulatory framework. In addition, it provides the necessary information to design an action plan on the basis of the information collected so that information can be actively followed with action.
Drum incinerator with chimney (Photo: J. Christen, Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology Management (SKAT), St. Gallen, Switzerland ) | | While this tool is still at a draft stage, it has already been successfully field tested in Albania and Côte d'Ivoire. Further comments will be welcome at hcwaste@who.int so that it can be further improved on the basis field experience.. |
 Treatment facility based on steam sterilization (similar to an autoclave) and shredding. (Photo: Hydroclave Systems Corp., with kind permission) | Conducting a rapid assessment of health-case waste management in a country using this tool would require approximately 3 person-weeks of work. Additional time may be needed for large countries. Further information regarding the tool and its use can be found in its introductory section |
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