MOH Policy and Guidelines for Health Institutions
Update September 2021. Safe management of health care waste practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on minimum... requirements and best practices for health care waste management in facilities and communities. It was originally developed in 2014 during the West Africa Ebola Outbreak and has been updated in 2021 to reflect lessons learned and new operational research data, including on the use of low-cost treatment technologies . The key recommendations on health care waste remain the same.
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Accessed 3rd of October 2015
Supplement to the Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund
Practitioners and Policy Makers
Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund Practitioners and Policy Makers. Part B
Accessed 3rd of October 2015
Accessed 3rd of October 2015
Accessed 15th of October 2015
IPC Training manual Poster
IPC Training Day 2
Waste Management & Environmental Cleaning
Last revised 2015.
Original Word document on: http://www.epnetwork.org/Resources/Standard%20Operating%20Procedure/Waste%20disposal_Form.doc
This document provides an overview of specific health care waste technologies for the treatment of solid infectious and sharp waste. For each technology, details of its operation, effects on the environment and health, requirements for installation, capacities for treating waste, examples of consuma...bles and advantages and disadvantages are described. The document is designed for health care facility administrators and planners, WASH and infection prevention control staff, national planners, donors and partners.
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