Importance of Compliance to Quality Management of Healthcare/Medical Waste: A Review

Abstract

All healthcare and service provider including corporate hospital generate healthcare/medical waste during their activities, although 75-90% of the wastes. The remaining 10-26% healthcare waste are considered/regarded as hazardous and may create a variety of health risk for the healthcare workers as well as for the community and Environment as a whole unless managed properly and adequately. Therefore, Compliance to adequate & appropriate waste disposal processes should be carried out & compliance to them are vitally important from public health view point.