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Healthcare Waste: Collection, Storage and Disposal

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15% of healthcare waste is classified as hazardous. In order to minimise the risk of harm from hazardous healthcare waste, it is crucial to have policies and procedures in place to ensure waste is handled, stored, packaged, labelled and transported correctly.

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15% of healthcare waste is classified as hazardous. In order to minimise the risk of harm from hazardous healthcare waste, it is crucial to have policies and procedures in place to ensure waste is handled, stored, packaged, labelled and transported correctly.

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17 Dec 2021
Good to know how waste disposal is conducted as I use syringes in my role as a vaccinator
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