Management of medical and veterinary waste - legal regulations, threats to people and the environment and methods of disposal

Q4 Environmental Science

Ochrona Srodowiska i Zasobow Naturalnych Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI:10.2478/oszn-2020-0006

Małgorzata Czarny-Działak, B. Wójtowicz, B. Gworek, I. Żeber-Dzikowska, Magdalena Działak, Jarosław Szajner, M. Bartyzel, I. Stanisławska, E. Kosowska

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Abstract

Abstract Medical waste is mostly generated by health care centres and veterinary, research and pharmacological facilities as well as laboratories. As the number people using home treatment rises from year to year, and the number of aesthetic medicine offices increases, the problem of potentially hazardous waste affects an increasingly larger population, and can no longer be restricted to the qualified hospital staff. Medical waste falls within the group of hazardous waste since it poses environmental threat of epidemiological contamination with pathogens and pathogenic bacteria. The article presents the classification and properties of medical waste and their impact on the environment. The legal status regarding the utilization of such waste in Poland was discussed as well.

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医疗和兽医废物的管理——法律法规、对人与环境的威胁以及处置方法

摘要医疗废物主要由医疗保健中心、兽医、研究和药理学设施以及实验室产生。随着使用家庭治疗的人数逐年增加，美容诊所的数量也在增加，潜在危险废物的问题影响到越来越多的人口，不能再局限于合格的医院工作人员。医疗废物属于危险废物类别，因为它对病原体和致病菌造成流行病污染的环境构成威胁。本文介绍了医疗废物的分类、性质及其对环境的影响。还讨论了波兰利用此类废物的法律地位。

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Ochrona Srodowiska i Zasobow Naturalnych Environmental Science-Environmental Science (all)

CiteScore

1.00

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0.00%

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审稿时长

26 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND NATURAL RESOURCES is a publication which addresses the issues of broadly understood environmental protection and publishes research and review papers. All these articles and papers are peer-reviewed. Interdisciplinary studies published by specialists in various fields present reciprocal relationships between the reactions taking place in the environment which are connected with natural element cycle and at the same time reflect both natural processes and human impacts. Themes of the works also concern socio-economic and technical issues at the UE, national, regional and local levels in the context of sustainable development. The main aim of the journal is to promote high level research in all aspects of environment and natural resources protection.