Hospital waste poses a serious risk and an important problem for the environment and the health of citizens. Hospital waste is produced by many medical subjects. Training of these waste in the respect of the environment is a professional and ethical duty of all the operators of the field of medicine. This treatment should eliminate the pathogen potential that these residues contain in order to reduce environmental contamination, chemical and radioactive toxicity and uncontrolled environmental pollution. About 20% ofhospital waste is categorized as hazardous waste and at the moment that these residues are in contact with other objects, these objects are considered equally. Despite the fact that there are some companies licensed by the National Environmental Agency, which are contracted by state and private hospitals to attract and treat waste at incinerators, the reality is quite chaotic. Hospital wastes are easily evidenced in waste bins located in any road or in places where it is strictly forbidden. Often, hospital waste mixes with urban ones are becoming a source of the spread of a variety diseases in the population. For the first time, the issue ofhospital waste management is raised to the attention of the public and decision-makers of environmental civil society. This paper aims to provide a general overview ofhospital waste in the Albanian state and the measures that need to be taken to treat them efficiently.
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