The second edition of the handbook, “Safe Management of Wastes From Health-Care Activities,” expands and updates information on the safe, sustainable and affordable management of healthcare waste. The first edition was published in 1999.
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Some of the changes include an expanded chapter on sources and treatment of wastewater and the addition of two chapters: one on healthcare waste management in emergencies and one on emerging diseases, drug-resistant pathogens, climate change and technology advances that will need to be accounted for in future healthcare waste systems.
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