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Managing laboratory waste from HIV-related molecular testing: Lessons learned from African countries

Waste generated from HIV viral load (VL) testing contains potentially hazardous guanidinium thiocyanate (GTC). GTC is toxic to humans and can pollute waters and harm aquatic life if not disposed of appropriately. We assessed gaps in waste management (WM) policies, regulations and practices through a...

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Autores principales:	Odhiambo, Collins Otieno, Mataka, Anafi, Kassa, Getachew, Ondoa, Pascale
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8721957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hazl.2021.100030

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