Medical waste characterization

Kau-Fui Wong; Ramarathnam Narasimhan; Rajnish Kashyap; Jianlin Fu

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Medical waste characterization

Kau-Fui Wong, Ramarathnam Narasimhan, Rajnish Kashyap and Jianlin Fu

Journal of environmental health, Vol.57(1), pp.19-19

1994-07-01

Abstract

Hazardous wastes

Hospital wastes

Medical wastes

The results of medical waste characterization, performed by dissection of red bags and actual hand separation, are examined. They indicate that a substantial proportion of the waste is plastic and paper.

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Title: Medical waste characterization
Creators: Kau-Fui Wong
Ramarathnam Narasimhan
Rajnish Kashyap
Jianlin Fu
Publication Details: Journal of environmental health, Vol.57(1), pp.19-19
Academic Unit: CoE - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; College of Engineering
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991031725894302976