Molefe, GSGwensa, QKristiansen, TRogers, DEC2007-08-222007-08-222006-09Molefe, GS et al. 2006. Development of a national health care waste management policy for South Africa. Biennial Conference - "Bridging the Gap" - Institute of Waste Management SA, September 2006, 150-620-37156-0http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11482006: Biennial Conference - "Bridging the Gap" - Institute of Waste Management SAA Policy for Health Care Risk Waste (HCRW) Management is being developed by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in collaboration with the national Department of Health. The HCRW Management Policy aims at: i) Setting of standards and guidelines for HCRW Management, ii) Environmental Performance requirements for Treatment Plants and preference of treatment technologies, iii) Particular approaches to improving management of HCRW in remote and rural areas as well as HCRW generated by smaller generators in communities, and iv) Proposed transition processes from the current to the preferred improved HCRW Management framework. The Paper includes a summary of the key interventions that is being proposed to be included in the National HCRW Policy.enHealth care risk waste managementMedical wasteInfectious wasteNational waste management strategy implementationWaste management regulationsNational waste policyAir qualityConference PresentationMolefe, G., Gwensa, Q., Kristiansen, T., & Rogers, D. (2006). Development of a national health care waste management policy for South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1148Molefe, GS, Q Gwensa, T Kristiansen, and DEC Rogers. "Development of a national health care waste management policy for South Africa." (2006): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1148Molefe G, Gwensa Q, Kristiansen T, Rogers D, Development of a national health care waste management policy for South Africa; 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1148 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Molefe, GS AU - Gwensa, Q AU - Kristiansen, T AU - Rogers, DEC AB - A Policy for Health Care Risk Waste (HCRW) Management is being developed by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in collaboration with the national Department of Health. The HCRW Management Policy aims at: i) Setting of standards and guidelines for HCRW Management, ii) Environmental Performance requirements for Treatment Plants and preference of treatment technologies, iii) Particular approaches to improving management of HCRW in remote and rural areas as well as HCRW generated by smaller generators in communities, and iv) Proposed transition processes from the current to the preferred improved HCRW Management framework. The Paper includes a summary of the key interventions that is being proposed to be included in the National HCRW Policy. DA - 2006-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Health care risk waste management KW - Medical waste KW - Infectious waste KW - National waste management strategy implementation KW - Waste management regulations KW - National waste policy KW - Air quality LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 SM - 0-620-37156-0 T1 - Development of a national health care waste management policy for South Africa TI - Development of a national health care waste management policy for South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1148 ER -