Is medical waste capable of infecting a patient?
There is no evidence concerning the danger of waste emanated from healthcare human or animal environment.
However, the management of waste inside the hospital, and once outside it, are subject to regulations.
Legislation differs from one country to the other, but there is international consensus that the majority of medical waste could be processed together with non-medical waste, without any risk to the community.
The generalized perception of danger is an issue of debate.
In Argentina, the National Law 25.051 establishes the regulations for:
 Classifying waste
Differentiating waste requiring special control.
Establishing the handling of waste based on its condition
Handling and disposing of cutting and sharp elements
What conditions need to be met for a medical waste to be considered a cause of infection?
Dose inoculated
Host susceptibility
Presence of a pathogen
Its virulence
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