What percentatge of the healthcare waste generated is infectious?
- about 80% of health care wastes accounts for general health care wastes. - 1% accounts for sharps - 15% is pathological and infectious wastes. - 3% chemical and pharmacological wastes. Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:790 <\p>
10% - 15%
50%
75%
100%
Hospital waste and disaster management, Occupational health