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EHT 412 Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Management

HND2 levelMedical & Health Sciences10 topics

EHT 412 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Health care, hazardous and radioactive wastes
  2. Sources of health care wastes
  3. Types of hazardous and radioactive wastes
  4. Hazardous and radioactive waste laws and conventions
  5. Classification of hazardous and radioactive wastes
  6. Problems of hazardous and radioactive wastes
  7. Prevention and control of hazardous and radioactive wastes
  8. Management measures for hazardous and radioactive wastes
  9. Methods of hazardous and radioactive waste disposal
  10. Public health implications of hazardous and radioactive wastes

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Health care, hazardous and radioactive wastes

Health‑care waste, hazardous waste and radioactive waste are the three main categories of waste generated in medical facilities. Mastering their classification, segregation, treatment and disposal is essential for compliance with the NUC/CCMAS, NBTE and NCCE regulations, and for protecting patients, staff and the environment.

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