40. Building an incinerator for medical waste
40. Building an incinerator for medical waste
Last update: 2022-09-14
Overview
- In some epidemics, you will need to prevent germs on items (such as bed sheets and clothes that have been contaminated by the patient’s body fluids) from spreading to other people.
- This is especially important when you are dealing with Ebola, Marburg fever, Lassa fever, plague and monkeypox.
- An incinerator can burn such items and prevent the disease from spreading to others.
- Do not incinerate items yourself if an alternative is available, such as incineration in health facilities.
- Be very careful when building and using incinerators, because they can be dangerous. Always have to hand something to put the fire out (for example, a bucket of water or sand).
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