Abstract
At the beginning, the authors summarizes the basic legislative requirements for waste management and goals of the Waste Management Plan for the period 2015-2024, with a focus on medical waste category. Next, they are dealing with issues of sorting, handling and disposing of waste from the operation of medical devices and in that context, describing the situation in the General University Hospital in Prague (GUH).
They are comparing waste production in the hospital in 2001 and in the period 2005-2014 by type and category of waste, and also economic aspects associated with its disposal. They are describing methods of waste management, which are applied in GUH and anchored in the internal regulations, processed according to applicable legislation and methodological recommendations.
They are demonstrating practical experiences from the mutual cooperation of hospital hygienist and waste manager.