Medical Waste Management

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The paper focuses on medical waste management. The paper ties in the treatment of hemodialysis to demonstrate how one illness can affect the system. It further discusses the history of medical waste management, the issues surrounding it through history and then focuses on the current issues of incineration, disease, effects on the public and global warming. The paper discusses the politics involved, and the future concerns.

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"The issue of medical waste management has been relatively new to our culture in the United States. While we have always been aware that medical waste must be disposed of in the most efficient manner, it was not until the 1980s that concerns regarding the process gained public prominence and government intervention. In consideration of the fact that medical waste encompasses virtually every item, (to include human tissue and body parts), that are removed from a medical facility, it is understandable why public concern has been focused on this issue now for over 20 years."

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