INTRODUCING:
HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT MANUAL
A TEMPLATE FOR ACTION

INDA in conjunction with the Healthcare Committee has produced a new manual, "Hospital Waste Management: A Template for Action." The manual

• Basic interpretation of the recent EPA rule on hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators
• Decision tree for applying EPA rule to your facility
• Minimize costs for managing red bag medical waste
• How to segregate red bag waste
• Checklist for waste minimization in your facility
• Sample waste reduction plan
• What other healthcare facilities are doing
• What experts are saying
• Waste treatment options
• List of EPA regulators
• Comprehensive Bibliography

This healthcare manual was written by Barbara J. Gruendemann, RN, MS, FAAN. The manual was reviewed by William A. Rutala, Ph.D., MPH, Professor of Medicine; Director, Statewide Infection Control Program; Director, Hospital Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and also by the Medical Waste Institute of Washington, DC.

For more information, please contact
INDA, P.O. Box 1288, Cary, NC 27512 USA
Phone: (919) 233-1210
Fax: (919) 233-1282

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