(May 2012)
C&M Training’s senior consultant, Craig Chandler has delivered
the first revised Healthcare Waste Managers (HWM) course as part of an EU
funded Healthcare Waste Management project in the Republic of Serbia.
The original course was developed on the first Technical Assistance project
back in 2008. For the current project the old course was totally re-written
by Craig to reflect current EU & Serbian legislation along with current
best practice. The objective of the training is to develop key skills in
nominated staff in order for them to manage safe and efficient systems for
the collection, storage, treatment and disposal of medical waste in accordance
with Serbian requirements and EU directives.
The training was delivered over 2 days and was split into 7 modules:
- The role of the Healthcare Waste Manager (HWM)
- Hazardous Healthcare Waste (Chemicals)
- Hazardous Healthcare Waste (Pharmaceuticals)
- The Treatment of Infectious Healthcare Waste
- Occupational Safety
- External Logistics (Waste Transportation including ADR)
- Recycling in the Healthcare Sector
- The course is also accredited by the Health Council of Serbia for the purposes of Continual Professional Development (CPD) which must be undertaken by all healthcare professionals working within the sector.
- The first course was delivered at the National Institute for Public Health (NIPH) Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut in Belgrade and was well received by the trainees.
