Waste Care Management Flashcards by Kyra Catedral

Types of Health Care Waste

Infectious Waste
Pathological and Anatomical Waste
Sharps
Chemical Waste
Pharmaceutical Waste
Radioactive Waste
Non – Hazardous or General Waste

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Wastes suspected to contain pathogens or toxins in sufficient concentration that may cause disease

Infectious Waste

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Tissue sections or organs from biopsy, autopsy or surgery

Pathological and Anatomical Waste

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Items that can cause cuts, pricks or puncture wounds

Sharps

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Most dangerous health care waste

Sharps

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Discarded chemicals during disinfection and sterilization

Chemical Waste

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May contain high content of heavy metals and derivatives

Chemical Waste

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Expired, split and contaminated pharmaceutical products,drugs and vaccines

Pharmaceutical Waste

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Wastes exposed to radionuclides

Radioactive Waste

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Wastes that haven’t been in contact with communicable or infectious agents, hazardous chemicals or radioactive substances

Non – Hazardous or General Waste

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Recyclable / biodegradable / non – recyclable non – biodegradable

Non – Hazardous or General Waste

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must be disinfected at source

Highly infectious waste

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should be disposed through safe burial or
cremation

Anatomical waste

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must be refrigerated if not collected or treated
w/in 24 hours

Pathological waste

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shall be segregated and collected separately

Chemical and pharmaceutical waste

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has to be decayed to background radiation levels

Radioactive waste

must be properly covered to prevent cross
contamination

All waste bins

can be collected with the general waste

Aerosol containers

Infectious waste which requires disposal by incineration

yellow

Infectious waste which may be treated to render it safeprior to disposal or alternatively it can be incinerated

Orange

Offensive/Hygiene waste which may belandfilledin permitted or licensed sites

yellow & black

Non hazardous medicinal waste, which requires incinerationin a suitably permitted facility

Green

Cytotoxic or Cytostatic which must be incineratedinalicensed or permitted facility

Purple

Domestic waste which does not contain sharps, medicinal waste or infectious materials

Black

Waste Management Hierarchy from most preferable to least preferable

Prevent Reduce Reuse Recycle Recover Treat Dispose

Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer

1987

Basel Convention on the control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

1989

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

1992

ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit

1998

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

2001

“Manual on Health Care Waste Management”

DOH - 2011

“Gradual Phaseout of Mercury in all Philippine Health Care Facilities and Institutions”

DOH AO No. 2008 – 0021

“The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004”

RA 9275

“The Philippine Clear Air Act of 1999”

RA 8749

Thermal Decomposition

Pyrolysis

uses an enzyme mixture to decontaminate

Biological Process

– filling of containers then sealing

Encapsulation

involves the mixing of waste with cement and other substances; for pharmaceutical waste

Inertization

engineered site designed to keep waste isolated from the environment; must secure permit from DENR

Landfill