GGHC's Health Care Waste Assessment Project: A partnership between the Local Government Unit of Baguio, Tertiary Hospitals in Baguio City and Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia
Health Care Without Harm - SEA
Authors: Maria Cristina Carganilla, Maricel M. Santos
1 January 2009. 20 pages.
Authors: Maria Cristina Carganilla, Maricel M. Santos
1 January 2009. 20 pages.
Summary
Improper management of health care waste causes serious problems and poses significant risk to patients, health care workers, the community and the environment. Infectious waste from hospitals carry with them pathogens that, if not treated, can spread diseases inside the hospital and outside to the larger community.
The safe and sustainable management of health care waste is therefore a serious responsibility of hospitals and an integral component of the operations of a health care system. It is also the responsibility of the government to allocate the necessary resources to develop, implement and monitor an appropriate health care waste management system which will ensure the safety of the health workers as well as the community.
