Welcome to the Micro Learning Credential on the Hive platform. MLC is back with a new and exciting course on Effective Healthcare Waste Management.
This microlearning course on effective healthcare waste management would help learners to get adept knowledge about good healthcare waste management practices and ways to mitigate the risk of biomedical hazards.
At the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- Classify waste generated at health facilities or hospitals for better management,
- Describe the public health and environmental hazards associated with healthcare waste,
- Explain various mechanisms for managing and disposal of healthcare waste,
- Discuss waste management plans at a health facility level.
Course Content
Course Includes
- 5 Modules
- 14 Lessons
- 4 Quizzes
- Course Certificate
Ratings and Reviews
Taddele Awoke Belachew
Health waste management is a big challenge in my country. Though there are efforts in the country, pharmaceutical waste management and other healthcare waste management is pertinently challenging in the healthcare system. I have expectations to know the experiences and the different effective waste management. Taddelele Awoke, Supply Chain Program Advisor, Ministry of Health-Ethiopia
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In a hospital set -up, there is need to be screening of waste into groups, thus infectious waste and highly infectious waste. The coding of bins using colour coded to differentiate type of waste. The colours are green, yellow and red, red for very toxic and hazardous waste.Medical waste to include sputum,syringe,needles must be handled with care in sharps container and must be filled to 3/4 and be sealed.