Safe Management of Health-Care Wastes: An Uncared Area in Health System

---

Editorial

Author Details : Raja Danasekaran, Kalaivani Annadurai, Geetha Mani

Volume : 3, Issue : 1, Year : 2016

Article Page : 1-2

Suggest article by email

Get Permission

---

Abstract

Inadequate and inappropriate handling of health-care waste may have serious public health consequences and a significant impact on the environment. Sound management of health-care waste is thus a crucial component of environmental health protection. Establishment of a national policy and a legal framework, training of personnel, and raising public awareness are essential elements of successful health-care waste management.

Keywords: Health-care waste, Environment, Management

How to cite : Danasekaran R, Annadurai K, Mani G, Safe Management of Health-Care Wastes: An Uncared Area in Health System. J Community Health Manag 2016;3(1):1-2

This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.