What does safe water, basic sanitation & waste management in health-care settings mean?
It combines the safe environment needed for health care with the responsibility of health care providers not to make the environment more dangerous from the waste generated. • Health-care facilities require: access to safe water; low risks to health from microorganisms like Legionella and Pseudomonas that grow in the environment; and physically clean surfaces and tools. • Safe disposal of wastes generated ranges from the excreta of patients, staff and visitors to high risk health-care wastes and especially needle-syringes or blood. These apply across a range of facilities from the reference hospital to the village health posts; residential care accommodation, dental facilities and so on to include home based care.
