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HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2014-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
CONT

Improving waste management from a poor standard of performance is not difficult if the will exists among public officials, health care managers and staff and communities. It is appropriate, and even preferable, to address health care waste management as an extension of infection control in health care establishements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
CONT

Lorsqu’un comité de lutte contre les infections nosocomiales ou un groupe similaire existe dans un établissement de santé, la direction peut lui assigner un rôle dans la gestion des déchets d’activités de soins. C’est une approche verticale «de haut en bas» et c’est la manière la plus facile pour la direction d’impliquer et de motiver le personnel clé dans la mise en application du plan d’action de gestion de ces déchets.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Public Administration
OBS

The co-operative model has been used as a method to deliver public services for over a century. Therefore, co-operatives have accumulated a wealth of experience in the provision of public services ranging from social housing, child care and health services to the provision of transit services, resource management, local government(school board, municipality) procurement and public utilities(gas, waste management, water, telephone, cable, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration publique
OBS

Le modèle coopératif a été utilisé depuis plus d'un siècle comme mode de prestation de services publics. En conséquence, les coopératives ont acquis une riche expérience dans des secteurs aussi divers que le logement social, les services à l'enfance et les soins de santé, le transport public, la gestion des ressources, l'approvisionnement en biens et services des administrations locales (conseils scolaires, municipalités), et les services publics (le gaz, la gestion des déchets, l'eau, le téléphone, le câble, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Waste Quantification Surveys were carried out in 1997 and proved a very valuable source of statistics for the Waste Management Plan; ...

CONT

Waste survey and waste characterisation. The objectives were clear-to identify different types of wastes, current practices, problem areas and to find probable solutions for safe waste management. Quantification of the waste is done keeping in mind the requirement for planning a system for safe waste management.... Quantification of wastes. Quantification and characterisation of waste is essential to plan a meaningful waste management endeavour both within and outside the health care settings. The quantity of waste is dependent on the type of services/facilities provided by the health care setting.

Key term(s)
  • quantification of waste

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Les maîtres d'ouvrage et les professionnels du BTP ont la responsabilité de l'élimination des déchets du BTP. L'État a choisi de leur apporter une aide par l'élaboration d'un plan départemental des déchets du BTP comprenant : une quantification des déchets.

Spanish

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