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Recognizing the harmful effects of untreated health care waste to both human health and the surrounding environment, the Philippine government has put into place laws and administrative regulations that mandate appropriate procedures and standards for health care waste generators, transporters, and disposal facilities.

Learn more about these regulations and how the Tesalys line of medical waste autoclaves is enabling compliance among health care facilities.​

Treated, sterilized, and decontaminated health care waste can be safely disposed in sanitary landfills together with municipal and household waste. But why add them up to already congested and at times improperly managed disposal sites when most recent studies show they can also be recycled?​

Knowledge Hub Insights and information on emerging issues in public health and how our solutions can help health authorities and facility administrators Cut Costs by Treating Medical Waste Onsite With the right technology and investment, health care facilities can actually save more in the long run by treating medical waste onsite rather than relying on …

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Knowledge Hub Insights and information on emerging issues in public health and how our solutions can help health authorities and facility administrators Wading Across Infectious Flood Waters Another reason to take proper medical waste disposal seriously For a country visited by close to 20 typhoons each year and facing climate-change induced extreme weather patterns amidst …

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Largely undocumented and unregulated, informal waste pickers in the Philippines who sort through open air dumpsites or travel around collecting waste from garbage bins or from the streets face intensified risks during periods of public health emergencies such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Coming mostly from the poorest segments of the population, informal waste collectors trade their salvaged trash for daily subsistence while simultaneously augmenting the sourcing capacity and networks of the country’s still undeveloped recycling industry.

Burdening hospital and health care facility administrators and personnel with only the minimum responsibility, offsite and contracted medical waste management solutions remain the most preferred and prevalent health care waste (HCW) practice across the Philippine public health sector. But with documented reports of possibly infectious medical waste illegally disposed or spilling out of waste transport vehicles and discarded along roads and waterways, public health authorities need to rethink their options and seriously consider onsite treatment.