Review on National Guidelines for Safe Management of Health Care Waste

Review on National Guidelines for Safe Management of Health Care Waste

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Review on National Guidelines for Safe Management of Health Care Waste

January 9, 2018

The overall objective of the consultancy was to review and align the three national technical and communication guiding documents on HCWM to the WHO Blue Book and other global standards and recommendations. The specific objectives of the assignment were ; to establish how well aligned the Kenya Healthcare Waste Management Guidelines, 2011, are to the WHO Blue Book on healthcare waste management, global recommendations and other global conventions on environmental protection; to establish the extent to which the Kenya Injection Safety and Safe Disposal of Medical Waste National Communication Strategy is aligned to the National Health Communication Guidelines, 2013; to determine the extent to which the current Standard Operating Procedures are aligned to the best available technologies (BAT) and best environmental practices (BEP) and international practices; and to assess current health care waste management practices at the health facilities supported by the GEF project. The Consultant was to generate content to bridge identified gaps which was to be by shared as additional recommendations for stakeholder validation with a view to improving broader aspects of HCWM

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