Health-care Waste

Introduction Health-care waste includes: sharps wastes Infectious waste Pathological waste Pharmaceutical waste, including genotoxic waste … Health-care – Sharps waste Sharps are items that could cause cuts or puncture wounds,…

Radiological Medical Practitioner

RMP: Radiological Medical Practitioner Introduction The International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS) establish specific responsibilities for health professionals related…

Biosafety Levels Criteria – Level 1

Updated from USA standard of biohazard and biosafety levels criteria Introduction The essential elements of the four biosafety levels for activities involving infectious microorganisms and laboratory animals are summarized in…

Medical Wastes

General definition The term medical wastes includes all the waste generated within health-care facilities, research centres and laboratories related to medical procedures. In addition, it includes the same types of…

Radiation standards History

Updated from American (USA) radiation standards Introduction It was recognized soon after discovery of x-rays that exposure to large amounts of ionizing radiation can produce deleterious effects on the human…