Clinical Waste Management: Analysis of Waste Disposal and Hazards

This report provides an overview of clinical waste management, focusing on the types of waste generated in healthcare settings, including needles, injections, and other sharp instruments. It discusses the importance of proper waste disposal to prevent harm and injuries. The report highlights the different types of waste, such as animal, human, and chemical waste, and the common storage locations. It emphasizes the risks involved in clinical waste management, particularly the potential for infections, and stresses the need for risk assessment to protect patient health. The report also includes references to relevant literature, such as studies on waste management challenges and the hazards of dental waste disposal. This report is available on Desklib, a platform offering AI-based study tools.

Clinical waste management
INTRODUCTION
In health and social care there is high amount of waste
which is produced daily. so, it is required to dispose waste
in proper way so that it does not lead to any harm or
injuries. the waste includes injections, needles, sharp
instruments, etc. Alongside, there are several hazards which
can occur through it. Moreover, waste management refers to
managing and disposing waste. It is a practice of recycling
waste. there are many laws and regulations which is
followed in clinical waste management.
Risk involved
There are high risk involved in clinical waste
management. It can highly impact on patient health. so,
these risks have to be assessed which will enable in
reducing risk.
Micro organism
Skin infection
Respiratory infection
Gastroentic infection
Types of waste-
 Animal waste
 human waste
 Chemical waste
 liquid waste
 solid waste
Storage of clinical waste
There are two common points were
waste is stored:
At point of generation – in this stage
waste is stored at time of being
generated. The needles, injections, etc.
are stored or disposed only after using it.
Common storage- the common storage is
disposed areas where all waste is stored.
Here, all types of waste such as animal,
human, solid, etc. is stored.
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Malarvizhi, D., Karthick, A., Mary, N.B.S.G.P. and Seenivasan, N., 2019.
Hazards of Dental Waste Disposal--A Review. Indian Journal of Public Health
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Pariatamby, A. and Bhatti, M.S., 2020. Waste Management Challenges in
Malaysia. In Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing
Countries (pp. 186-222). IGI Global.