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ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
CHN TEAM
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WATER
SANITATION
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COMPONENTS OF A
WATER SAFETY PLAN
1. SYSTEM ASSESSMENT
- To help determine if the
drinking water supply chain as a
whole can deliver water of
quality that meets health-based
targets.
COMPONENTS OF A
WATER SAFETY PLAN
2. OPERATIONAL MONITORING
- To identify control measures in a
drinking water system that will
collectively control identified
risks and ensure that the health-
based targets are met, and to
rapidly detect deviation from
required performance.
COMPONENTS OF A
WATER SAFETY PLAN
3. MANAGEMENT PLAN
- To describe actions to be
taken during normal operations
or incident conditions.
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TREATMENT OF
WATER IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY
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PRETREATMENT PROCESSES:
DISINFECTION PROCESSES:
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AIR PURITY
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SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT
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1.Municipal Waste
2.Health Care Waste
3.Industrial Waste
4.Hazardous Waste
MUNICIPAL WASTE
This refers to all discarded
nonhazardous household
commercial and Institutional
waste, street sweepings, and
construction debris.
HEALTHCARE WASTE
This refers to the refuse that is
generated in the diagnosis,
treatment or immunization of
human beings or animals together
with those related to the
production or research of the
same.
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HEALTHCARE WASTE
CLASSIFICATIONS OF HEALTHCARE WASTE:
1. Infectious Waste
2. Pathological Wastes
3. Pharmaceutical Wastes
4. Chemical Wastes
5. Sharps
6. Radioactive Wastes
HEALTHCARE WASTE
1.INFECTIOUS WASTES
- Are those suspected to contain
bacterial, viral, parasitic or fungal
pathogens in sufficient concentration
so as to cause disease.
HEALTHCARE WASTE
2. PATHOLOGICAL WASTES
- These refers to tissues, organs, body
parts, human fetuses, animal
carcasses, blood and body fluids.
- Recognizable human and body parts
may also be called as anatomical
waste.
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HEALTHCARE WASTE
3. PHARMACEUTICAL WASTES
- Refers to pharmaceutical products
such as drugs, vaccines, and sera that
are no longer required and need to be
disposed of appropriately.
HEALTHCARE WASTE
4. CHEMICAL WASTE
- Includes the varied states of chemical
matter from clinical or laboratory
activities, environmental work,
housekeeping, and disinfecting
procedures.
- May also be considered as hazardous
waste but is better termed as hazardous
chemical waste.
HEALTHCARE WASTE
5. SHARPS
- Includes biomedical wastes that could
cause cuts, or puncture wounds.
- Needles, broken glass, scalpel blades
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HEALTHCARE WASTE
6. RADIOACTIVE WASTES
- Includes sealed radiation sources
typically used in cancer treatment,
liquid and gaseous materials
contaminated with radioactivity and
excreta of patients who underwent
radionuclide diagnostic and
therapeutic application.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
This refers to the refuse that
arise from production and from
agricultural, and mining
industries.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
These are substances that pose either
an immediate or long term substantial
danger to human because of possessing
any of the following:
1. Toxic
2. Corrosive (pH <2 or pH >12)
3. Flammable
4. Reactive (explosives)
5. Genotoxic
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PROHIBITED ACTS
(1) Litter ing, throwing, dumping of w aste matter s in public
places, such as r oads, sidew alks, canals, ester os or par ks,
and establishment, or causing or per mitting the same;
(2) Under taking activities or oper ating, collecting or
tr anspor ting equipment in violation of sanitation oper ation
and other r equir ements or per mits set for th in or established
pur suant to this Act;
(3) The open bur ning of solid w aste;
(4) Causing or per mitting the collection of non-segr egated or
unsor ted w aste;
(5) Squatting in open dumps and landfills;
PROHIBITED ACTS
(6) Open dumping, burying of biodegradable or non-
biodegradable materials in flood-prone areas;
(7) Unauthorized removal of recyclable material
intended for collection by authorized persons;
(8) The mixing of source-separated recyclable
material with other solid waste in any vehicle, box,
container or receptacle used in solid waste
collection or disposal;
(9) Establishment or operation of open dumps as
enjoined in this Act, or closure of said dumps
(10) The manufacture, distribution or use of non-
environmentally acceptable packaging materials;
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PROHIBITED ACTS
(11) Importation of consumer products packaged in
non-environmentally acceptable materials;
(12) Importation of toxic wastes misrepresented as
“recyclable” or “with recyclable content”;
(13) Transport and dumping in bulk of collected
domestic, industrial, commercial and institutional
wastes in areas other than centers of facilities
prescribed under this Act;
PROHIBITED ACTS
(14) Site preparation, construction, expansion or
operation of waste management facilities without
an Environmental Compliance Certificate required
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1586 and this
Act and not conforming with the land use plan of the
LGU;
(15) The construction of any establishment within
two hundred (200) meters from open dumps or
controlled dumps or sanitary landfills; and
(16) The construction or operation of landfills or any
waste disposal facility on any aquifer, groundwater
reservoir or watershed area and or any portions
thereof;
FOOD SAFETY
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RIGHT SOURCE:
✓Always buy fresh meat, fish, fruits & vegetables.
✓Always look for the expiry dates of processed
foods and avoid buying the expired ones.
✓Avoid buying canned foods with dents, bulges,
deformation, broken seals and improperly seams.
✓Use water only from clean and safe sources.
✓When in doubt of the water source, boil water for
3 minutes.
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RIGHT PREPARATION:
✓Avoid contact between raw foods and cooked
foods.
✓Always buy pasteurized milk and fruit juices.
✓Wash vegetables well if to be eaten raw such as
lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes & carrots.
✓Always wash hands and kitchen utensils before
and after preparing food.
✓Sweep kitchen floors to remove food droppings
and prevent the harbor of rats & insects.
RIGHT COOKING:
✓Cook food thoroughly.
✓Temperature on all parts of the food
should reach 70 degrees centigrade.
✓Eat cooked food immediately.
✓Wash hands thoroughly before and
after eating.
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SANITATION
WHAT IS SANITATION?
Sanitation refers to the provision of
facilities and services for the safe
management of human excreta from the
toilet to containment and storage and
treatment onsite or conveyance,
treatment and eventual safe end use or
disposal.
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SANITARY PRIVY
WHAT IS A PRIVY?
It is a toilet system that is
not connected to a
sewerage system
SANITARY PRIVY
COMPONENTS OF A SANITARY PRIVY
1. Earthen pit
2. Floor covering the pit
3. Water sealed bowl
It is to note that w ooden floor s and seat r iser s are not to be
used anymor e. The floor ing should cover the pit tightly and
joined to the bow l w ith a w ater -tight and insect pr oof joint.
The pit should be at least 1m2 w ide.
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COMMON SANITATION
FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY
1. BOX AND CAN PRIV Y (BUCKET LATRINE) - Fecal matter is
collected in a can or bucket, which is per iodically r emoved
for emptying and cleaning.
2. PIT LATRINE (PIT PRIVY) - Fecal matter is eliminated into
a hole in the gr ound that leads to a dug pit. Gener ally, a
latr ine r efer s to toilet facilities without a bowl. It can be
equipped with either a squatting plate or a r iser with a seat.
3. ANTIPOLO TOILET - It is made up of an elevated pit pr ivy
that has a cover ed latr ine.
4. SEPTIC PRIVY - Fecal matter is collected in a build septic
tank that is not connected to a sewer age system.
COMMON SANITATION
FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY
5. AQUA PRIV Y - fecal matter is eliminated into a water -
sealed dr op pipe that leads fr om the latr ine to a small
water filled septic tank located dir ectly below the squatting
plate.
6. OV ERHUNG LATRINE - fecal matter is dir ectly eliminated
into a body of water such as a flowing r iver that is
under neath the facility.
7. V ENTILATED-IMPROVED PIT (VIP) LATRINE - is a pit latr ine
with a scr eened air vent installed dir ectly over the pit.
8. CONCRETE VAULT PRIVY - fecal matter is collected in a pit
pr ivy lined with a concr ete in such a manner so as to make
it water tight.
COMMON SANITATION
FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY
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COMMON SANITATION
FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY
11. POUR FLUSH LATRINE - it has a bowl with a
water seal trap similar to the conventional tank
flush toilet expect that it requires only a small
volume of water for flushing.
12. TANK-FLUSH TOILET - feces are excreted into
a bowl with a water sealed trap. The water tank
that receives a limited amount of water empties
into the bowl for flushing of fecal materials
through the water sealed trap and into the
sewerage system.
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VERMIN AND
VECTOR CONTROL
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