Legal regulation of the management of waste

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Aug 2015 United Kingdom English Publisher:Mark Allen GroupJournal:British Journal of Nursing, volume 24, pages 796-797 (issn: 0966-0461, eissn: 2052-2819,

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Authors: Richard Griffith;

doi: 10.12968/bjon.2015.24.15.796

pmid: 26266452

Legal regulation of the management of waste

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Abstract

Healthcare providers such as hospitals and clinics have a duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and its regulations to ensure that the waste they produce does not cause pollution or present a hazard to health. Nurses are well placed to ensure that the trust they work for discharge that duty. In this article, Richard Griffith outlines the legislation regulating the safe management and disposal of waste and considers how the law applies to nurses.

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United Kingdom

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Swansea University
United Kingdom

Keywords

Waste Products, Hazardous Waste, Safety Management, Waste Management, Humans, State Medicine, United Kingdom

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