Management of wastes generated from malaria diagnostic tests

Overview

The purpose of this document is to describe waste management in laboratories performing malaria rapid diagnostic tests and/or malaria microscopy. This standard operating procedure is intended to supplement existing health care waste management guidelines. It focuses on hazardous health care waste generated during malaria diagnostic testing, including sharps wastes, infectious wastes, chemical waste and non-hazardous waste. National guidelines and policies should be consulted to complement and supplement this document.

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This document is part of a series of 18 SOPs on malaria microscopy:

• Cleaning and storing microscope slides (SOP 01)
• Preparation of Giemsa stock solution (SOP 02)
• Preparation of water buffered to pH 7.2 (SOP 03a)
• Preparation of water buffered to pH 7.2 with buffer tablets (SOP 03b)
• Quality control of Giemsa stock solution and buffered water (SOP 03c)
• Preparation of Giemsa working solution (SOP 04)
• Collection of finger-prick blood and preparation of thick and thin blood films (SOP 05a)
• Collection of blood by venipuncture and preparation of blood films from venous blood collected in tubes containing anticoagulant (SOP 05b)
• Labelling malaria blood films (SOP 06a)
• Recording and reporting microscopy results (SOP 06b)
• Giemsa staining of malaria blood films (SOP 07a)
• Ebola virus inactivation during staining of blood films with Giemsa stain (SOP 07b)
• Microscopy examination of thick and thin blood films for identification of malaria parasites (SOP 08)
• Malaria parasite counting (SOP 09)
• Preparation of blood spots on filter paper (SOP 10)
• General safety procedures in the malaria microscopy laboratory (SOP 11)
• Use, care and maintenance of microscopes (SOP 12)
• Management of wastes generated from malaria diagnostic tests (SOP 13)