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National Health-Care Waste Management Policy (NHCWMP)

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sierra leone, Ministry of Health

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This policy provides the Standardised Operation Procedure as a safe means of disposing of the waste that is produced by healthcare interventions nationwide and includes healthcare associated waste generated within the patient�s home. It also provides prescriptive guidelines in the form of Standard Operating Procedures for safe handling, segregation, storage, collection, transportation and disposal of all waste generated within healthcare institutions in Sierra Leone.