Article
Improving Texas Home Healthcare Waste Management Policies and Practices: The Role of the Environmental Toxicologist
American International Journal of Contemporary Research
(2016)
Abstract
Many healthcare related debates often overlook the fact that a considerable amount of waste is being produced
daily and on a global scale in the home healthcare industry. While health care facilities may have strict measures
for proper management and disposal of biomedical waste, private homes of patients receiving in-home medical
care pose a greater challenge with regard to these established measures (Oyewole, Sapp, Wilson, & Oyewole,
2014a). This is primarily due to the fact that it is very difficult logistically to ensure complete compliance in a
patient’s home and many policy decisions may miss the unnoticeable toxicological impacts associated with this
point source (Kangasniemi, Kallio, & Pietilä, 2014). More consideration needs to be given to the inclusion of
Environmental toxicologists in these debates. He/she can support efforts to improve weak waste management
policies in Texas home healthcare to protect the public and the environment.
Keywords
- home healthcare waste,
- environmental toxicologist,
- municipal solid waste,
- landfill
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall October, 2016
Citation Information
Andrea Ashley-Oyewole. "Improving Texas Home Healthcare Waste Management Policies and Practices: The Role of the Environmental Toxicologist" American International Journal of Contemporary Research Vol. 6 Iss. 5 (2016) p. 14 - 20 ISSN: 2162-139X (Print), 2162-142X (Online) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrea-ashley-oyewole/2/