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4124.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session will examine the health impacts of medical waste incineration and alternatives to decrease these health impacts. WHO's and UNICEF's programs to reduce both needlestick and incinerator emissions will be presented. Significant changes in medical waste disposal practices sparked by the recognition that burning medical waste in incinerators produced major sources of dioxins and other hazardous emissions will be addressed. A case study will be discussed that shows the potential public health benefits of such a collaboration, and specific methods that can be implemented to instill the trust necessary to make such a collaboration work. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: Articulate the relationship between plastic needles and incresed incineration; Describe WHO's and UNICEF's programs to reduce both needlestick and incinerator emissions; Recognize the interrelationship between environmental justice and occupational health; Describe an effective case study of collaboration between industry, government and NGOs that protect public health; Articulate community concerns around thermal medical waste treatment technologies. | |||
| Robyn Gilden, RN, MS | |||
| Preventing needle sticks and preventing dioxin from needle incineration Susan Wilburn, RN, MS | |||
| Transforming medical waste disposal practices to protect public health: Worker health and safety and the implementation of large scale, off-site steam autoclaves Patrice Sutton, MPH, Julia Quint, PhD, Janice Prudhomme, DO, MPH, Elizabeth Katz, MPH, CIH, Mary Deems, MPH, Jennifer Flattery, MPH, Robert Harrison, MD, MPH | |||
| How hospitals, government and NGOs can work together: A case study of collaboration on medical waste technology management Susan Chiang, MPH MPP | |||
| Concerns about thermal medical waste treatment technologies Monica Wilson | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Occupational Health and Safety; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA