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| Title | Injection safety pilot project (Ukraine): needle removing and plastic recycling
Russian version available
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| Summary | As a follow up of the 2002 injection safety assessment and the 2003 introduction of AD syringes in Ukraine, a pilot project was initiated with the objective to design a safe and viable process for disposing AD syringes through a non-burn option. The project was to test a system using a) needle removing with needle cutter, b) neutralisation by autoclaving, c) containment with safety container and autoclaving bag, d) different methods of transport, e) disposal through shredding and recycling. The costs analysis was also an objective of the pilot project.
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| Author | WHO EURO |
| Year | 2005 |
| Nb pages | 18 |
| Language | english |
| Editor | WHO EURO |
| Type of document | report |
| Level(s) | national
large HCFs
medium HCFs
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| Step(s) | segregation and containerization
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| Thematic(s): | technologies
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| Region | Eastern Europe |
| Country | Ukraine |
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