What percentatge of the healthcare waste generated is infectious?
Correct Answer: 10% - 15%
Description: - about 80% of health care wastes accounts for general health care wastes. - 1% accounts for sharps - 15% is pathological and infectious wastes. - 3% chemical and pharmacological wastes. Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:790 <p>
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