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Should the UK Rethink Medical Waste Handling Following Ebola Outbreak?

Source: Waste Management World, US, Date: , 2014

Following the deadly Ebola outbreak in Africa, PyroPure’s Peter Selkirk explains why the UK should treat the development of on-site medical waste disposal technology as a priority.

The UK is woefully underprepared when it comes to hazardous waste disposal in high-risk environments and too reliant on out-dated procedures that leave those responsible for waste collection vulnerable and open to infection.

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http://www.waste-management-world.com/articles/2014/08/should-the-uk-rethink-medical-waste-handling-following-ebola-outbreak.html

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