42 U.S.C. § 6992h : US Code - Section 6992H: Health impacts report

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6992h : US Code - Section 6992H: Health impacts report

Within 24 months after November 1, 1988, the Administrator of the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall prepare for
Congress a report on the health effects of medical waste, including
each of the following -
(1) A description of the potential for infection or injury from
the segregation, handling, storage, treatment, or disposal of
medical wastes.
(2) An estimate of the number of people injured or infected
annually by sharps, and the nature and seriousness of those
injuries or infections.
(3) An estimate of the number of people infected annually by
other means related to waste segregation, handling, storage,
treatment, or disposal, and the nature and seriousness of those
infections.
(4) For diseases possibly spread by medical waste, including
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and hepatitis B, an estimate
of what percentage of the total number of cases nationally may be
traceable to medical wastes.