What is it about?
Follow an approach to deal with the hazardous waste production in healthcare could heighten healthcare professionals’ awareness of this problem, and improve their healthcare involvement in environmental sustainability and environment-friendliness.
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Why is it important?
The importance of this work lies in the fact that it provides details of an approach for hazardous waste production in for-profit outpatient haemodialysis centres. It also makes health professionals aware of improving their healthcare implication in sustainability and in respecting the natural environment since haemodialysis is a healthcare activity that stands out for generating hazardous waste and for employing substantial natural resources.
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MD, MBA, a Family and Community Medicine Specialist. For 17 years, I have devoted my professional life to hospital management in for-profit and government hospitals. I have had the opportunity to implement environmental management systems in dialysis units. Since then, I have been investigating hazardous waste management in for-profit and government hospitals and for-profit dialysis centers with the aim of improving environmental health from a health care activity perspective, and have participated in several environmental and medical forums.
Sergio García
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This page is a summary of: Evaluating hazardous waste generation in for-profit outpatient haemodialysis centres, Journal of Renal Care, November 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jorc.12143.
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