Management of human excreta.

Human excreta and sanitation: Control and protection

Arsenic in Human Tissues and Excreta

Arsenic is an important poison bot 1 or homicidal and suicidal purposes. As it is w 1 e y distributed in nature exact information a oil the amount of arsenic normally present m human tissues, excreta and foodstuns is great importance in medico-legal inves1 iga 10 When it is present in large quantity in viscera of a suspected case of arsenic poisoning, no difficulty arises in giving a defini e o...

Risk management of excreta in a cancer unit.

Although many legal and clinical requirements are in effect for the preparation and administration of the antineoplasic drugs, limited data exist on the potential cytotoxic risk to healthcare personnel from exposure of excreta (urine, feces, expectorations, saliva, perspiration, and vomiting) from patients. A preliminary risk analysis was conducted with a multidisciplinary work group. The objec...

Interventions to improve disposal of human excreta for preventing diarrhoea.

BACKGROUND Diarrhoeal diseases are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, especially among young children in low-income countries, and are associated with exposure to human excreta. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of interventions to improve the disposal of human excreta for preventing diarrhoeal diseases. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Infectious Disease Group Special...

The lead content of human tissues and excreta.

THAT lead is normally excreted in human urine and faeces is now well established. The literature has been reviewed by Kehoe et al. [1933, 1, 2], who have carried out an exhaustive study of the excretion of lead by normal American adults and children. The occurrence of appreciable amounts of lead in "normal" human bones is also generally agreed upon, although there is considerable variation in t...