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A Whole Systems Approach to Hospital Waste Management in Rural Uganda

Introduction: Safe waste management protects hospital staff, the public, and the local environment. The handling of hospital waste in Bwindi Community Hospital did not appear to conform to the hospital waste management plan, exhibiting poor waste segregation, transportation, storage, and disposal wh...

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Autores principales:	Kwikiriza, Stuart, Stewart, Alex G., Mutahunga, Birungi, Dobson, Andrew E., Wilkinson, Ewan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
Materias:	Public Health
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6562563/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245343 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00136

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