The World Health Organization says the immense amount of extra medical waste created exposes a dire need to improve waste management practices.
The report is one of the first examinations of the amount of medical waste created by the pandemic and the report’s authors note it is"just an initial indication of the scale of the problem". Data from 2019 indicates that 30% of healthcare facilities worldwide did not manage healthcare waste safely. That figure rises to 60% in underdeveloped countries.Used testing kits, discarded vaccine bottles and used syringes are all among the waste which has now piled up with many items still potentially infectious. That risk of infection, along with the need to protect healthcare workers from injuries from discarded needles, makes it critical to deal with the issue, the WHO says.
This means having effective management systems in place, including guidance for health workers on what to do with PPE and health commodities after they have been used.
I didn't realise the healthcare system deals with waste management, I thought this was by wastemanagement companies. Another way for the media to claim pressures on the healthcare system, there's no possible way this is embellished or a lie. Not a chance at all.
I can feel another tax coming
Durrrrrrr! Why are institutions so fking thick and short sighted? Anyone with a morsel of intelligence has been saying this for 2 years but it only becomes 'news' when the WHO pass their omniscient wisdom on us 2 years late. Now for the shame to be cast onto us in coming yrs🙄
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