Organized and presented in a clear concise style complete and practical infectious and medical waste management covers every major and minor topic in this field medical waste infectious waste chemical waste and radioactive waste everything you need to know is thoroughly covered. O infectious medical waste any contaminated waste that can cause harm to human animal health or to the environment is composed of paper plastic glass metal or fabrics o pathological waste waste derived from any tissue from animal carcasses or non recognizable human specimens. This brief provides governments with essential information to support their efforts to manage an increase in infectious medical waste due to the covid 19 pandemic download free 74169 kb it outlines the key considerations for governments to understand their countrys capacity to manage an anticipated surge in infectious medical waste. While these three infections are commonly associated with healthcare waste multi drug resistant bacterial organisms such as methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus mrsa extended spectrum beta lactamase esbl organisms and pseudomonas aeruginosa among others are also virulent infectious agents that can contaminate medical waste