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May 13-14, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic
Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
9
th
World Congress on
Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Volume 9
ISSN: 2249-622X
Sustainable utilization of clinical solid waste materials with supercritical carbon dioxide
Sohrab Hossain
Universiti Sains, Malaysia
There is increasing concern on the safe handling and
sustainable utilization of hazardous solid waste materials
are generating by health care facilities. The potential
threat of clinical solid waste materials is the presence
of opportunistic human pathogen. Current practices for
clinical solid waste management, particularly in developing
country, open dumping, landfilling and incineration. These
uncontrolled practices of clinical sold waste pose serious
health hazards and environmental pollution concern. The
clinical sold waste materials would recycle and reuse after
it has sterilized with an effective sterilization technology.
Supercritcial carbon dioxide (scCO
2
) is an effective
sterilization technology, able to eliminate any short of
microbial threat without destroying the heat sensitive
plastic and polymer materials. Therefore, the adoption
of SC-CO
2
sterilization technology in the management of
clinical waste would be benefited to a health care facility
in several ways, including: (i) handling and segregation of
clinical solid waste can be carried out without any risk of
infection; (ii) Sterilized clinical solid waste materials such
as medical tools and equipments made from metal or
plastic components, plastic materials, paper, cardboard,
etc. can be reused and recycled; (iii) reduce the exposure
of infection, decrease labor, lower costs, and yield better
compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies.
The hospital can both save money and provide a safer
environment for patients, healthcare staffs and clinical
staffs.
e
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sohrab@usm.myAsian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci, Volume:9
DOI: 10.4066/2249-622X-C2-021