(B)
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994
THE
$259 FOR THE AND THE THE
LATEST ESTIMATED CAPITAL COST OF THE CIF IS MILLION (OCT 94 PRICES). CONSTRUCTION WORK CIF IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN LATE 1995 FACILITY WOULD BECOME OPERATIONAL IN EARLY 1997. ESTIMATED QUANTITY OF CLINICAL WASTE TO BE INCINERATED AT THE CIF WILL BE 21 TONNES PER DAY WHEN THE FACILITY IS COMMISSIONED IN 1997.
(C) UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION'S CATEGORISATION,
FOLLOWING TYPES OF WASTE WILL BE CLASSIFIED CLINICAL WASTE REQUIRING INCINERATION:
1.
THE
AS
CONTAMINATED
CARTRIDGES,
SHARPS CONTAMINATED
INCLUDING BROKEN
SYRINGES, GLASS AND ANY
OTHER SHARP INSTRUMENTS.
2.
UNSTERILISED
LABORATORY
STOCKS AND
CULTURES
OF
INFECTIOUS AGENTS.
3.
ALL
CARCASSES, HUMAN TISSUES AND ANIMAL
INFECTED
OR NOT, AND ITEMS WITH BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS.
HEAVILY
WHETHER CONTAMINATED
4.
INFECTIOUS
MATERIAL
FROM PATIENTS
UNDER STRICT
ISOLATION.
5.
SOILED
CONTAMINATED
ALL OTHER DRESSINGS, SWABS AND SURGICAL
WASTE FROM TREATMENT AREAS AND ISOLATION ROOMS,
OF ASSESSED TO BE RISK BY HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL.
SIGNIFICANT
6.
CYTOTOXIC DRUGS IN BULK AND ALL CYTOTOXIC AMPOULES OR BOTTLES AFTER USE.
DRUG
7.
PHARMACEUTICAL CLINICAL SOURCES.
AND CHEMICAL WASTES
ARISING FROM
(D)
THE
IS
DEFINITION AND CATEGORISATION DETAILED IN (C)
HOSPITAL ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THOSE ADOPTED BY THE AUTHORITY AND THE HONG KONG MEDICAL ASSOCIATION EXCEPT
PHARMACEUTICAL THAT THE LATTER DOES NOT INCLUDE CHEMICAL WASTE.
PHASE
II
CONSULTANCY
STUDY
COVERS
AND
THE
THIS
CONSULTATION
OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LEGISLATIVE CONTROL FRAMEWORK, INCLUDING THE CATEGORISATION OF CLINICAL WASTE.
FOR EXPECTED TO BE READY WITH RELEVANT PARTIES BY MID-1995.
FRAMEWORK
IS
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