Risk of potential exposure incident in non-healthcare workers in contact with infectious and municipal waste

Abstract

The proper classification of sharp and infectious waste in situ by the healthcare workers is an important measure of prevention of sharps and other exposure incidents in non-healthcare workers, who handle such waste. The aim was to examine the practice of classifying sharp and infectious waste in family and dental practices.

Keywords

• medical waste
• injuries
• primary healthcare
• medicinski odpadki
• poškodbe
• primarna zdravstvena zaščita