health care waste management

Question 1

in ___, a joint WHO/UNICEF assessment found that just over half (58%) of sampled facilities from ___ countries had adequate system in place for the safe disposal of health care wastes

Answer 1

2015
24

Question 2

healthcare waste refers to all ____ and _____ waste generated

Answer 2

solid and liqud

Question 3

according to WHO,
75 to 90% of waste -
10-25% of waste -

Answer 3

non hazardous
hazardous

Question 4

high income countries - produce ____ of hazardous waste
low income countries - produce ____ of hazardous waste

Answer 4

0.5kg
0.2kg

Question 5

true or false
proper segregation of hazardous and non hazardous waste in low income countries tends to be the less implemented, thus making the real quantity of hazardous waste much higher

Answer 5

true

Question 6

identify the category of health care waste:
that can cause cuts, pricks or puncture wounds

Answer 6

sharps

Question 7

identify the category of health care waste:
expired, split and contaminated pharmaceutical products, drugs and vaccine

Answer 7

pharmaceutical waste

Question 7

identify the category of health care waste:
discarded chemicals (solid, liquid or gaseous) generated during disinfection and sterilization procedures.

Answer 7

chemical waste

Question 8

identify the category of health care waste:
refers to waste exposed to radionuclides including radioactive diagnostic materials or radiotherapeutic

Answer 8

radioactive waste

Question 9

identify the category of health care waste:
waste that have not been in contact with communicable or infectious agents, hazardous chemicals or radioactive substances

Answer 9

general waste / non hazardous

Question 10

identify the category of health care waste:
tissue sections and body fluids or organs derived from biopsies, autopsies or surgical procedures sent to the lab for examination

Answer 10

pathological and anatomical waste

Question 11

identify the category of health care waste:
it refers to all waste suspected to contain pathogens or toxins in sufficient concentration that may cause disease to a susceptible host

Answer 11

infectious waste

Question 12

it is considered the most dangerous health care waste

Answer 12

sharps

Question 13

true or false
treatment and disposal of healthcare waste may pose health risks directly through the release of pathogens and toxics pollutants into the environment

Answer 13

false - indirectly

Question 14

which disposal of health care is not allowed in Philippines

Answer 14

incineration

Question 15

it is the most important step in proper management of healthcare wastes

Answer 15

green procurement policy

Question 16

safely reusing, recycling and recovering waste are collectively termed as

Answer 16

resources development

Question 17

it refers to either finding a new application for a used material or using the same product for the same application repeatedly

Answer 17

reusing

Question 18

it refers to the processing of used materials into new products

Answer 18

recycling

Question 19

recovery of waste can be defined in 2 ways:

Answer 19

energy recovery
recycling , composting and energy recovery

Question 20

what color is the bin for infectious waste

Answer 20

yellow

Question 21

what color is the bin for pathological and anatomical waste

Answer 21

yellow

Question 22

what color is the bin for sharps

Answer 22

red

Question 23

what color is the bin for chemical waste

Answer 23

yellow

Question 24

what color is the bin for pharmaceutical waste

Answer 24

yellow

Question 25

what color is the bin for radioactive waste

Answer 25

orange

Question 26

what color is the bin for general waste

Answer 26

green

Question 27

true or false highly infectious waste may or may not be defected at source

Answer 27

false - must

Question 28

anatomical waste including recognizable body parts, placenta waste and organs should be disposed through ____ or ____

Answer 28

safe burial or cremation

Question 29

true or false anatomical waste must be refrigerated if not collected or treated within 24 hours

Answer 29

false - pathological waste

Question 30

true or false sharps must be shredded or crushed before they are transported to the landfill

Answer 30

true

Question 31

hazardous shall never be mixed or disposed down the ____ but shall be stored in strong chemical _______ or amber disposal bottles

Answer 31

drain resistant leak-proof containers

Question 32

difference between sterilization and disinfection

Answer 32

sterilization - kills all microorganism disinfection -reduces the level of microorganism present in the material

Question 33

identify the treatment and disposal of health care waste: it is a technology that typically incorporates some type of size reduction devices. shredding is done before disinfection

Answer 33

microwave

Question 34

identify the treatment and disposal of health care waste: chemicals are added to healthcare waste to kill or inactive present pathogens

Answer 34

chemical disinfection

Question 35

identify the treatment and disposal of health care waste: it uses enzyme mixture to decontaminate health care waste

Answer 35

biological waste

Question 36

identify the treatment and disposal of health care waste: it is the thermal decomposition if health care waste in the absence of supplied molecular oxygen in the destruction chambers where the waste is converted to gas, liquid, solid form

Answer 36

pyrolosis

Question 37

identify the treatment and disposal of health care waste: use of steam sterilization to render waste and is an efficient wet thermal disinfection process

Answer 37

autoclave

Question 38

identify the treatment and disposal of health care waste: involved the filling of containers with waste, adding and immobilizing material and sealing the containers

Answer 38

encapsulation

Question 39

identify the treatment and disposal of health care waste: it is suitable for pharmaceutical waste that involves the mixing of waste with cement and other subs before disposal

Answer 39

intertization

Question 40

after treatment, health care waste are usually disposed in _____

Answer 40

landfills

Question 41

it is an engineered site designed to keep waste isolated from the environment

Answer 41

landfill

Question 42

landfill must secure proper permits from the _____ before it can accept waste

Answer 42

DENR - department of environment and natural source