Dental health-care waste management among dentists of Nellore City - A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Swati Gurusamy Naidu (Author), V Chandra Sekhara Reddy (Author), R V. S. Krishna Kumar (Author), K M Sudhir (Author), G Srinivasulu (Author), Deepthi Athuluru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Waste produced in the course of health-care activities carries a higher potential for infection and injury than any other type of waste. Hence, to avoid the hazards caused by hospital waste, the Government of India issued notification on bio-medical waste (BMW) (management and handling)...