The text MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL (ISBN 0-96217741-5, 612 pages, hardbound) has recently been published by INCINERATOR CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED. It is a sourcebook for all aspects of medical waste handling, treatment and disposal. This book defines medical waste, describes the potential dangers associated with it, and presents methods for its treatment and disposal including autoclave treatment, radiation and other thermal and non-thermal processes. Incineration technologies are included in the text, as well as a chapter on crematories. Current regulations are reproduced, as well as detailed information, including telephone numbers, of disposal system providers, contract disposal firms, and others in the field. Information on risk analysis, including sample calculations of health risk, and detailed incinerator emissions data. Issues relating to public attitudes about medical waste are included. Two computer programs on a disk included with the book provide critical system parameters for a single-chamber incinerator including evaluation of starved air/excess air processes. The text has metric and American units for all references and calculations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS - MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL

1. Introduction
2. The Medical Waste Stream
3. Disease Transmission
4. Regulatory Requirements
5. Steam Sterilization
6. Non-Burn Treatment Technologies
7. Incineration Fundamentals
8. Incinerators
9. System Components and Accessories
10. Emissions and Air Pollution Control
11. Crematories
12. Controls, Instrumentation and Monitoring
13. Operation and Performance
14. Environmental Safety and Risks
15. System Selection
16. Public Issues
Appendix A/Waiting Line Analysis, Queuing
Appendix B/Determining System Capacity
Appendix C/Medical Waste Incinerator Regulations
Appendix D/Louisiana Crematory Regulations
Appendix E/Heat Balance Calculations, American Units
Appendix F/Heat Balance Calculations, Metric Units
Appendix G/Incinerator Institute of America
Appendix H/Air Pollution Emissions Factors
Appendix I/Computer Analysis
Glossary
Index