2015/09/22 by Bamidele Tolulope Odumosu · 1 citation
Medicine · #Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
paper · doi:10.1201/b19243-8
openalex publication_date 2015/09/22 · openalex created_date 2021/06/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Waste generated by health-care activities accounts for more than half the deaths associated with waste-related diseases. Public health is meant to be protected by the health sector through clinics and hospitals which provide health services to the general public, help in the management of infections, and disseminate relevant information regarding health issues. The health sectors’ role in the risk associated with communal disease epidemics, which are a direct result of infectious and hazardous waste from medical facilities, is a pressing concern globally. The waste generated in the course of health-care activities includes various biomedical materials from used needles and syringes to blood, pharmaceuticals, human body parts, toxic chemicals, and so on. These and many others constitute a high risk for human infection due to their highly infectious and hazardous content.