Implementation of a Contaminated Medical Waste Management System in House According to the BSS Directive in the University Hospital of Sassari

A new system for contaminated medical waste has been implemented in 2019 in order to reduce the costs due to of the authorized company and the amount of contaminated medical waste. Until 2017 in AOU Sassari (Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria of Sassari) all wastes from Nuclear Medicine Unit and Radio Immunological Assessment (RIA) Laboratories are sent to a company with an annual cost equal to 12,2 k€. With a program of sensibilization, information and formation of workers, the amount of total contaminated waste has been reduced from 74 to 40 casks, through the re-organization of the management system following IAEA Safety Standards and requirements.