Waste disposal is a crucial aspect of infection prevention in health care facilities. Although disposal of waste from health facilities poses problems worldwide, it is often the most neglected area of infection prevention. This module will help you learn the correct procedures for disposing of waste so that you can protect yourself, your clients, and your local community from the risk of infections.
Objectives
When you have finished this module, you should be able to:
- Describe who is at risk of infection or injury due to improper waste disposal in a health care facility.
- Explain why appropriate waste disposal is often not performed.
- List the three kinds of waste found in health facilities.
- Identify the four components of a waste-management plan.
- Describe the proper ways of disposing of solid medical waste, liquid medical waste, and hazardous chemical waste.
- Explain how to build a drum incinerator and a waste-burial pit for your facility.
Housekeepers and cleaners should have a thorough understanding of this material--as should doctors, nurses, and midwives, since they all perform some aspects of waste disposal. Supervisors and administrators who make decisions about waste-disposal purchasing and practices should also be familiar with this material.
By: Marsha Mirador
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