Resources on healthcare waste management
Guidance Documents
- Checklist of Facilities Generating Healthcare Waste
- Elements of a Model Facility Policy
- Guidance on Conducting a Baseline Assessment for a Healthcare Facility
- Guidance on Estimating Baseline Dioxin Releases from Healthcare Facilities
- Guidance on Measurements and Documentation
- Core Competencies Related to Healthcare Waste Management
- Notes on Selecting Mercury Reduction Activities
- Technical Guidance on Replacement of Mercury Thermometers and Sphygmomanometers in Health Care
- Method for Measuring Mercury in Ambient Air in Healthcare Facilities
- Sample Technical Specifications for Mercury Vapor Analyzers
- Guidance on Clean-up, Storage and Transport of Mercury Waste from Healthcare Facilities
- Guidance on Reducing Mercury Releases from Dental Facilities
- Guidance on Microbiological Challenge Testing of Medical Waste Autoclaves
- Notes on Typical Maintenance Requirements for Waste Treatment Technologies
- Sample Technical Specifications for Waste Autoclaves
- Sample Technical Specifications for Hybrid Steam Treatment Systems
- Sample Technical Specifications for Medical Waste Shredders
- Compilation of Steam-Based Treatment Technology Vendors
- Compilation of Vendors of Alkaline Hydrolysis Technologies
- Compilation of Vendors of Frictional Heat Treatment Technologies
- Suggested Parameters for Wastewater Analysis Related to Healthcare Facilities
- General Guidance for the Project
- Memorandum of Agreement Template for the Model Facility
Tools
- Individualized Rapid Assessment Tool (I-RAT)
Reports
- Country Reports
Presentations
- General Presentation on Dioxins/Furans
- General Presentation on Mercury
- General Presentation on Non-Incineration Technologies
- General Presentation on Non-Mercury Alternatives
- Presentation on the Ebola Response Project
Training
Posters
- Segregation Posters
Videos
- Biomedical Waste Management in India (part 1)
- Biomedical Waste Management in India (part 2)
- Biomedical Waste Management in India (5-minute version)
- Protecting Medical Waste Workers in Guinea
Photos
- Improper Healthcare Waste Management Practices
- Good Healthcare Waste Management Practices
- Medical Waste Incinerators
- Non-Incineration Technologies
Other Important Resources
- Safe Management of Waste from Health-Care Activities, WHO (second edition)
- Compendium of Technologies for the Treatment/Destruction of Healthcare Waste (UNEP)