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Healthcare waste plays a significant role in influencing human health, both directly and indirectly. It includes all waste generated from healthcare facilities, research centers, laboratories, and home-based medical care. This waste can be broadly categorized into general (non-hazardous) waste and hazardous waste, which includes infectious waste, pathological waste, sharps, pharmaceutical waste, chemical waste, radioactive waste, and cytotoxic materials. From an Occupational Health and Safety perspective, healthcare waste represents a serious risk to healthcare workers, waste handlers, patients, and the wider community if it is not properly managed. One of the most critical impacts of healthcare waste on human health is the transmission of infectious diseases. Infectious waste, such as blood-soaked bandages, contaminated gloves, body fluids, and laboratory cultures, can contain harmful microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Healthcare workers, sanitation staff, and waste collectors are at high risk of exposure, especially when waste segregation and disposal practices are inadequate. Diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other blood-borne infections can be transmitted through direct contact with contaminated materials. Needle-stick injuries from improperly disposed sharps are particularly dangerous and represent a major occupational hazard in healthcare _____ ________ _____ ____ ______ ___ __________.
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