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NIOSH Comments on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Request for Comments and Information on Health Effects of Medical Waste by R. W. Niemeier, April 28, 1989.

PB91151258

Publication Date	1989
Page Count	6
Abstract	The testimony contains the comments from NIOSH regarding the request from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry concerning the health effects of medical waste. Several points at issue are raised, including the description of the potential for infection or injury from the segregation, handling, storage, treatment, or disposal of medical wastes; an estimate of the number of people injured or infected annually by sharp objects and the nature and seriousness of those injuries or infections; an estimate of the number of people infected annually by other means related to waste segregation, handling storage, treatment, or disposal, and the nature and seriousness of those infections; and for diseases possibly spread by medical wastes, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Hepatitis-B, an estimate of what percentage of the total number of cases nationally may be traceable to medical wastes.
Keywords	Medical waste Waste disposal Occupational safety and health Hazardous materials Disease vectors Infection Injuries Health hazards
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199113

NIOSH Comments on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Request for Comments and Information on Health Effects of Medical Waste by R. W. Niemeier, April 28, 1989.

NIOSH Comments on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Request for Comments and Information on Health Effects of Medical Waste by R. W. Niemeier, April 28, 1989.
PB91151258

Publication Date	1989
Page Count	6
Abstract	The testimony contains the comments from NIOSH regarding the request from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry concerning the health effects of medical waste. Several points at issue are raised, including the description of the potential for infection or injury from the segregation, handling, storage, treatment, or disposal of medical wastes; an estimate of the number of people injured or infected annually by sharp objects and the nature and seriousness of those injuries or infections; an estimate of the number of people infected annually by other means related to waste segregation, handling storage, treatment, or disposal, and the nature and seriousness of those infections; and for diseases possibly spread by medical wastes, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Hepatitis-B, an estimate of what percentage of the total number of cases nationally may be traceable to medical wastes.
Keywords	Medical waste Waste disposal Occupational safety and health Hazardous materials Disease vectors Infection Injuries Health hazards
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199113