Framework environmental management plan

2.4.4Order of Minister of Health no. 1226/2012 concerning the approval of the technical norms for the medical waste management

The main requirements of this Order are:

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  technical standards of managing waste resulting from medical activitiesregulate the manner in which medical waste shall be collected separately by category, packaged, temporarily stored, transported, treated and disposed of, with special attention being given to hazardous waste , in order to prevent environment pollution and health damage .
  
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  the technical norms are compulsory for all the sanitary units, irrespective of their form of organization, where medical activities are conducted that may result in the generation of medical waste
  
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  the collection, storage and elimination of waste is under the entire responsibility of the medical units from which they are produced
  
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  health units shall design and implement plans, management strategies and medical procedures that shall prevent dangerous medical waste production or reduce as much as possible the amounts of such waste
  
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  healthunits make and implement their own plan for medical waste management, according to their home rules and codes of procedure, based on the regulations in force.
  
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  in each sanitary unit, the activities related to medical waste management are considered professional duties and are stipulated in the job description of each employee
  
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  Medical waste producers have the following obligations:
  

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   to reduce as much as possible the quantity of medical waste, starting from the production phase using all available means;
   
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   to promote re- using and re-cycling for the medical waste, where is possible
   
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   to separate the dangerous waste for the non-dangerous waste