Unit:
ΠΜΣ Διεθνής Ιατρική - Διαχείριση Κρίσεων ΥγείαςLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Konstantaki Vasiliki
Supervisors info:
Εμμανουήλ Πικουλής, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Σωτήριος Γεωργόπουλος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Μιχαήλ Κοντός, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Διαχείριση νοσοκομειακών αποβλήτων: επιπτώσεις στη δημόσια υγεία και το περιβάλλον
Translated title:
Hospital waste management: impact on public health and the environment
Summary:
The purpose of this Master Thesis is to examine "Hospital Waste Management and the Impact on Public Health and the Environment", with the ultimate goal to identify and understand any errors that occur with it, both in the classification, rejection, redistribution but also in general, other and possible exploration of new ways of management, safer both to the staff involved in it, and to the environment and society, without wasting financial resources. In particular, hospital waste is conceptually identified, while the categories of medical waste are presented and then the management of hospital waste is studied, as well as the stages of their management. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects of hospital waste on public health, health professionals who come in contact with them on a daily basis, and good practices related to the management of hospital waste through empirical studies in various countries are analyzed. of the world.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Hospital waste, Impacts, Public health, Health professionals, Environment, Good practices
