Hospital waste product accounts
The average composition of hospital wastes in India is: - 15% rags -15% - 10% metals- 1% infectious wastes-1.5% -4% wastes-53.5% Reference : Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:790, table 2
Paper: 40%
Plastic:10%
Infectious waste: 30%
Rage: 30%
Hospital waste and disaster management, Occupational health