Mechanisms of managing medical waste resulting from Covid19 in the Algerian legislation

Abstract EN

Medical waste is a real danger, particularly those related to serious diseases (covid19 as an example), and its danger is even greater for individuals who deal with it directly, such as doctors, nurses, assistants employees and even patients, as well as workers in the field of support services such as cleaning staff, ambulance drivers and civil protection personnel, because the nature of their work makes them suscenptible to infection more than others, as well as individuals who are present in the vicinity of disposal facilities (places of burning, burial, or dumping dumps).

The disposal of these wastes such as masks, tissues, clothes, shoes and all means of examination used by doctors and pharmacists must be done carefully and in safe ways so as not to harm the environment since burning them cause pollution.