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==Management of Healthcare Waste== | ==Management of Healthcare Waste== | ||
The management of Healthcare Wastes is set out in '''Healthcare Technical Memorandum 07-01 - Safe Management of Healthcare Waste'''<ref name= | The management of Healthcare Wastes is set out in '''Healthcare Technical Memorandum 07-01 - Safe Management of Healthcare Waste'''<ref name='Tech1'>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/167976/HTM_07-01_Final.pdf Link to pdf document]</ref> which replaced the Safe Management of Healthcare Waste in 2013 <ref>Published in 2006, this removed the clinical waste classification system categorising into 5 types; A to E</ref>. Management of Healthcare Waste for regulated facilities with an environmental permit is the subject of guidance issued in July 2020 <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-waste-appropriate-measures-for-permitted-facilities Healthcare Waste:Appropriate Measures for Permitted Facilities]</ref> by the [[EA]] which sets out appropriate measures in the following sections: | ||
* When appropriate measures apply | * When appropriate measures apply | ||
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==Healthcare Waste - Packaging Colour and Appropriate Waste Management== | ==Healthcare Waste - Packaging Colour and Appropriate Waste Management== | ||
The types of [[Healthcare Waste]] are grouped and designated by packaging colour set out in the table below (can be bag colour or lid colour)<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f05a7fae90e0712d0206e88/Types_of_healthcare_waste_table.pdf Types of Healthcare Waste]</ref> <ref name = | The types of [[Healthcare Waste]] are grouped and designated by packaging colour set out in the table below (can be bag colour or lid colour)<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f05a7fae90e0712d0206e88/Types_of_healthcare_waste_table.pdf Types of Healthcare Waste]</ref> <ref name ='Tech1'/>: | ||
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!colspan="3"| Colour of Packaging: Orange | !colspan="3"| Colour of Packaging: Orange | ||
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|Appropriate healthcare waste management activities||Storage, '''alternative treatment or | |Appropriate healthcare waste management activities||Storage, '''alternative treatment or [[Incineration]]''' | ||
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|rowspan=5|Waste types and List of Waste (LoW) code(s)||rowspan=5|'''Infectious waste''', not contaminated with chemicals or medicines | |rowspan=5|Waste types and List of Waste (LoW) code(s)||rowspan=5|'''Infectious waste''', not contaminated with chemicals or medicines | ||
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===Alternative Treatment=== | ===Alternative Treatment=== | ||
There are several types of Alternative Treatments (AT) available for the treatment of [[Healthcare Waste]] all of which must demonstrate that the [[Healthcare Waste]] is 'rendered safe'<ref name= | There are several types of Alternative Treatments (AT) available for the treatment of [[Healthcare Waste]] all of which must demonstrate that the [[Healthcare Waste]] is 'rendered safe'<ref name='Tech1'/>. 'Rendered safe' means: | ||
* demonstrates the ability to reduce the number of infectious organisms present in the waste to a level at which no additional precautions are needed to protect workers or the public against infection from the waste; | * demonstrates the ability to reduce the number of infectious organisms present in the waste to a level at which no additional precautions are needed to protect workers or the public against infection from the waste; | ||
* destroys anatomical waste such that it is no longer generally recognisable; | * destroys anatomical waste such that it is no longer generally recognisable; | ||