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Waste Care Management Flashcards

1
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Types of Health Care Waste

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Infectious Waste
Pathological and Anatomical Waste
Sharps
Chemical Waste
Pharmaceutical Waste
Radioactive Waste
Non – Hazardous or General Waste

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Wastes suspected to contain pathogens or toxins in sufficient concentration that may cause disease

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Infectious Waste

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Tissue sections or organs from biopsy, autopsy or surgery

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Pathological and Anatomical Waste

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Items that can cause cuts, pricks or puncture wounds

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Sharps

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5
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Most dangerous health care waste

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Sharps

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Discarded chemicals during disinfection and sterilization

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Chemical Waste

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May contain high content of heavy metals and derivatives

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Chemical Waste

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Expired, split and contaminated pharmaceutical products,drugs and vaccines

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Pharmaceutical Waste

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9
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Wastes exposed to radionuclides

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Radioactive Waste

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Wastes that haven’t been in contact with communicable or infectious agents, hazardous chemicals or radioactive substances

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Non – Hazardous or General Waste

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Recyclable / biodegradable / non – recyclable non – biodegradable

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Non – Hazardous or General Waste

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12
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must be disinfected at source

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Highly infectious waste

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13
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should be disposed through safe burial or
cremation

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Anatomical waste

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14
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must be refrigerated if not collected or treated
w/in 24 hours

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Pathological waste

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shall be segregated and collected separately

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Chemical and pharmaceutical waste

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has to be decayed to background radiation levels

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Radioactive waste

17
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must be properly covered to prevent cross
contamination

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All waste bins

18
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can be collected with the general waste

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Aerosol containers

19
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Infectious waste which requires disposal by incineration

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yellow

20
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Infectious waste which may be treated to render it safeprior to disposal or alternatively it can be incinerated

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Orange

21
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Offensive/Hygiene waste which may belandfilledin permitted or licensed sites

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yellow & black

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Non hazardous medicinal waste, which requires incinerationin a suitably permitted facility

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Green

23
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Cytotoxic or Cytostatic which must be incineratedinalicensed or permitted facility

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Purple

24
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Domestic waste which does not contain sharps, medicinal waste or infectious materials

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Black

25
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Waste Management Hierarchy from most preferable to least preferable

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Prevent
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Recover
Treat
Dispose

26
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Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer

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1987

27
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Basel Convention on the control of the Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

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1989

28
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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

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1992

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ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit

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1998

30
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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2001

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“Manual on Health Care Waste Management”

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DOH - 2011

32
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“Gradual Phaseout of Mercury in all
Philippine Health Care Facilities and Institutions”

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DOH AO No. 2008 – 0021

33
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“The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004”

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RA 9275

34
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“The Philippine Clear Air Act of 1999”

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RA 8749

35
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Thermal Decomposition

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Pyrolysis

36
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uses an enzyme mixture to decontaminate

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Biological Process

37
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– filling of containers then sealing

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Encapsulation

38
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involves the mixing of waste with cement and other substances; for pharmaceutical waste

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Inertization

39
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engineered site designed to keep waste isolated from the environment; must secure permit from DENR

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Landfill

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