Hospital Waste Management, Case study: Isfahan

Hospital wastes are one of the health issues that cause challenges due to the presence of hazardous, toxic and imbalance agents. Therefore, managing these materials lead to controlling environmental pollution, preventing the occurrence of hospital infection. Proposing its standardisation is very important following the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and WHO. This aim of this study is to investigate measure and identify hospital waste materials in Isfahan. The results are obtained studying literature reviews and interviews with Isfahan Municipality waste management. The collection and disposal of hospital waste are also discussed in this article.