Infectious waste management in Japan: A revised regulation and a management process in medical institutions
- Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 814-0180 (Japan)
In Japan, the waste management practice is carried out in accordance with the Waste Disposal Law of 1970. The first rule of infectious waste management was regulated in 1992, and infectious wastes are defined as the waste materials generated in medical institutions as a result of medical care or research which contain pathogens that have the potential to transmit infectious diseases. Revised criteria for infectious waste management were promulgated by the Ministry of Environment in 2004. Infectious waste materials are divided into three categories: the form of waste; the place of waste generation; the kind of infectious diseases. A reduction of infectious waste is expected. We introduce a summary of the revised regulation of infectious waste management in this article.
- OSTI ID:
- 20875666
- Journal Information:
- Waste Management, Vol. 25, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.01.003; PII: S0956-053X(05)00034-6; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0956-053X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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