Get medical waste disposal wrong, and the damage doesn't stay inside the hospital — it reaches the soil and the groundwater around it. Medical waste covers sharp and non-sharp instruments, blood, organs, chemicals, medicines, medical devices, and radioactive material, generated mainly by hospitals, clinics, laboratories, blood banks, and morgues, with pharmacies, dental clinics, and doctors' offices as secondary sources. Once collected from health-care facilities, this waste has to be moved and processed correctly, because the environmental and health consequences of getting it wrong cannot really be estimated after the fact.

The Arab British Fellowship Training Academy built this course for anyone whose work touches health-care centres closely or from a distance, to give them a solid grounding in infection prevention and medical waste management.

Who Should Join:

• Officials responsible for medical waste management.
• Pharmacists, nurses, and paramedics working in health care.
• Staff handling medical waste inside or outside the care centre.

What You Will Take Away:

• Practical steps for building and running a medical waste management plan.
• How to make infectious waste safe to dispose of.
• How to keep the risk of disease exposure to a minimum for patients, staff, visitors, and the public.
• What health-care staff need to know about the management plan and the real risks tied to medical waste.
• How to train all staff on collecting, processing, transporting, and disposing of medical waste correctly.

Module 1: The Real Cost of Getting Medical Waste Wrong

• What counts as medical waste.
• The risks it carries when mismanaged.

Module 2: Handling Waste Safely — Separation, Packing, and Storage

• Separating medical waste by type.
• Packing and packaging requirements.
• Safe storage practices.

Module 3: Moving and Disposing of Medical Waste Responsibly

• Transporting medical waste.
• Processing or disposing of it correctly.

Module 4: Emergency Readiness and Staff Capability

• Planning for emergencies.
• Training staff on infection prevention and medical waste management.

Where the Course Runs

Sessions take place at Academy centres across Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Australia, and the United States, with scheduling built around your own availability.

Delivery Formats

• Group sessions at Academy-affiliated centres.
• One-to-one coaching.
• Hands-on, field-based practice using up-to-date methods.
• Classroom-based theory sessions inside the Academy.

What You Walk Away With

Every participant who completes the programme receives a certificate from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy confirming attendance.

Good to Know

We can run this course at a time and venue that suits you, and we offer a premium format for senior figures — reach out to the Academy's team for details.