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Healthcare Waste Management Policy Assessment in China

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Healthcare waste management represents a challenge in China due to insufficient legislation and financial investment, lack of awareness and effective regulations, lack of trained clinical staffs in the waste management framework etc. This study considered the issues of existing healthcare waste management practice and put forward the policy suggestions.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 878)

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594-599

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January 2014

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Xin Hua Zhang, Oladele A. Ogunseitan, Ming Jiang Xu, Meng Jun Chen

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HCW Management, Policy Assessment, Suggestion

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