Waste Management in Healthcare

Waste management in a health care setting encompasses several types of waste, including medical, chemical, biohazardous, radioactive, and household wastes. Understanding types of waste and proper storage and disposal is important to both patient and staff safety and to cost management. Disposal of biohazardous, radioactive, and chemical wastes often comes at a higher cost. For this reason, it is important to be able to distinguish types of waste and properly dispose of them.

This course is designed for anyone who works in a health care setting and who comes into contact with any type of waste.