1. Problematics of the classification and storage of the health care waste
Epp Lehtmets, RN

2. What is health care waste?
Health care waste is the waste released in the institutions related to the health care, cure and care of animals In Estonia, health care waste is not clearly classified into the infectious and non-hazardous waste based on the criteria of the infection
It includes hospital, clinic, polyclinic, nursing home, family health center, dental center and veterinarian wastes

3. Waste Act of the Republic of Estonia
The waste holder must have a rewiew of the category, quantity and origin of the waste at its disposal, characteristics important from the viewpoint of the waste handeling and danger to the health, environment and assets arising from the waste
Contagious waste must be handled like infectious waste and they can not be taken to custom dumping ground nor to
non-hazardous dumping ground
The waste holder is obliged to treat the waste at its disposal according to the enforced requirements

4. Subjects which are not on the list are counted as non-hazardous waste
Classified into the infectious and non- hazardous waste based in “Chemical Act” § 5 section 1
Chemical which is dangerous to health, environment or assets arising from the waste is classified as infectious waste
Subjects which are not on the list are counted as non-hazardous waste
The list of the infectious waste
By-product waste of treatment or care development of humans and animals
18 01 By-product waste of birth care and on diagnostics of illness, treatment or prevention
Sharp and aculeate items (except items named with a code )
Body parts and organs, blood preservation bags and preservblood (except items named with a code )
* Waste, which must be collected and disposed by stipulations to avoid infections
Waste, which must not be collected and disposed by stipulations to avoid infections (eg. bandages, splinter, sheet, one-time clothes and diapers),
* Chemicals constituent or including hazardous substance
Chemicals, which are not listed with code number
* Cytotaxonomous and Cytostatic drugs
Drugs which are not named with a code number , , , and
* Amalgam waste of dental care
* Antibiotics
* Drugs with psychotropic and narcotic substances
* Other drugs with infectious ingredients
* Unasserted drugs.

5. Tartu University Hospital 942 202,21 t 0,59 kg 1608,6 t 4,68 kg
Beds
Infectio-us
Infect-ious
Non-hazard-ous
Pärnu Hospital
410
24,47 t
0,16 kg
1,97 t
0,01kg
Tartu University Hospital
942
202,21 t
0,59 kg
1608,6 t
4,68 kg
North-Estonia Medical Centre
1390
0,35 t -
339,55 t
0,67 kg
Health care waste 2006
Ministry of Environment

6. Ministry of environment “We are not compentant enough to asses dangers of contagion or potention of it. This is to deep of medical and health care question for us” vs Ministry of social affairs “Waste policy is not our juridiction, ministry of social affairs deals only with healtcare only” Thank you!