Medical wastes management in the south of Brazil.
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Medical (clinical) wastes are costly in disposal and carry risks of infection, or physical injury, and of exposure to potentially harmful pharmaceuticals, as well as being aesthetically unacceptable. Technological advances in disposal, together with the introduction of rigorous emission standards for incinerators and similarly stringent control standards for non-burn "alternate" disposal technologies, continue to drive improvements in waste management. Are these improvements attainable in developing countries? Where adequate resources and a robust infrastructure are lacking, investment in advanced disposal technologies may be counterproductive. Developments must be appropriate to and manageable by the communities served; sustainable low-technology approaches may be preferable. There remains a need for affordable technical innovation, as well as underlying political support and international financial and technical assistance, to sustain meaningful improvements in waste management in remote and isolated regions and more generally in developing countries.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Waste management
دوره 25 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005