Current practices of waste management in teaching hospitals and presence of incinerators in densely populated areas

• Main Authors: Salma Khalid (Author), Najibul Haq (Author), Zia- (Author), Abdul Latif (Author), Muhammad Amjad Khan (Author), Javaid Iqbal (Author), Nowsher Yousaf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hospital waste management (HWM) practices are the core need to run a proper health care facility. This study encompasses the HWM practices in teaching hospitals of Peshawar, Pakistan and examine the enforcement of Pak HWM (2005) rules and risks through transmission of pathogens v...