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Medical Waste-Sorting and Management Practices in Five Hospitals in Ghana

Hospital waste management in Ghana faces the risk of cross-contamination from the lack of thorough sorting of the waste at the points of generation, codisposal of hazardous and nonhazardous waste types, and use of open-fire pits and substandard incinerators for burning infectious waste. This has inc...

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Autores principales:	Adu, Robert Ohene, Gyasi, Samuel Fosu, Essumang, David Kofi, Otabil, Kenneth Bentum
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7073495/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190061 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2934296

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