Basseterre, St. Kitts (October 17, 2006): Facilitator and Principal Consultant of Egarr and Associates Mr. Edison
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Garroway said that the recently held Biomedical Waste Management Workshop achieved its objective.
He explained that three outputs were attained - the development of policy, a management plan framework and the training component. The development of policy and the development of the training component were done at the workshop. Mr. Garroway explained that workshop participants were broken into teams which created methods of designing a new work plan. He said that participants were also sensitized to the code of practice which is to be used as a guideline for bio-medical waste management and what is now needed are the resources for implementation.
Mr. Garroway said that the workshop targeted health workers mainly in operations including orderlies, technicians and the like. He said that in St. Kitts participants included the hospital administrator and numbered approximately 19. In Nevis there were 13 participants coming from similiar professions to those in St. Kitts and so included personnel from health centers and the main health institutions.
The Facilitator elaborated on the activities of the workshop. He said the draft code of practice is presently being reviewed by the Ministry of Health and participants gained an appreciation for the code's contents and also received information on waste handling practices, occupational health and safety and public education awareness.
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Mr. Garroway further explained that the code of practice was in draft because each country in the region will have its own distinct management structure. He said that one was created for Trinidad and Tobago where there is an Environmental Management Authority while St. Kitts and Nevis has none. As such, the consultant elaborated that while the framework is more or less the same, it will require the input of the stakeholders so that each code can be tailored to meet particular conditions.
This was the second visit paid by Mr. Garroway to the Federation as part of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Control and Prevention Project.
