on-site or off-site treatment of medical waste at chile

on-site or off-site treatment of medical waste at chile
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  • Should medical waste be treated off-site or on-site?
  • AHP synthesis (with inconsistency ratio of 0.01 < 0.1) revealed that, in total, the off-site treatment of medical waste was in much higher priority than the on-site treatment (64.1% versus 35.9%). According to the results of study it was concluded that the off-site central treatment can be considered as an alternative.
  • Do on-site medical waste treatment systems have problems?
  • For comparison of on-site and off-site facilities (due to non availability of an installed off-site facility) Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was employed. The result indicated that most on-site medical waste treating systems have problems in financing, planning, determining capacity of installations, operation and maintenance.
  • Can a municipality transport medical waste off-site?
  • Only after on-site pre-treatment of medical waste will the municipality takes the responsibility for off-site transport of waste to the final disposal site. Nevertheless, according to the same Act of the regulation, small cities and villages are allowed to use off-site (central) facilities for treating their hazardous-infectious waste [ 29 ].
  • Is open burning a safe way to dispose of medical waste?
  • Despite the shortcomings of open burning as a method for treating medical waste, the World Health Organization (2019c) apparently recommends it as a last resort treatment option where there are no alternatives, recommending it as a “safe final disposal” method for sharps and infectious waste (World Health Organization, 2015).