Public Health Academy · MINC-PH-005
Waste Management, Pollution Control and Environmental Health
Waste Management, Pollution Control and Environmental Health was selected because it addresses an important public health responsibility with direct implications for patient safety, continuity and quality of care. The module progresses from foundational concepts through assessment, public health action, communication, evaluation and an integrated practice-improvement exercise.
40 CPD credit hours · 40 one-hour units · 2400 minutes · Coming soon
MINC is still writing this module. Its units are listed below so you can see what is coming; none of them can be started or bought yet.
Module aim
Facilities require realistic strategic plans that connect population needs, priorities, resources, risks, implementation responsibilities and measurable results.
What you will be able to do
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to conduct a rapid safety and acuity assessment.
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to assign urgency using an approved local triage process.
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to initiate immediate stabilisation within public health scope.
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to organise reassessment and flow according to clinical risk.
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to communicate and document emergency decisions safely.
Units
- Waste Classification: Foundations and terminology (60 min)
- Waste Classification: Hazard and needs assessment (60 min)
- Waste Classification: Operational application (60 min)
- Waste Classification: Community coordination and accountability (60 min)
- Waste Classification: Improvement exercise (60 min)
- Health-Care Waste: Foundations and terminology (60 min)
- Health-Care Waste: Hazard and needs assessment (60 min)
- Health-Care Waste: Operational application (60 min)
- Health-Care Waste: Community coordination and accountability (60 min)
- Health-Care Waste: Improvement exercise (60 min)
- Solid-Waste Systems: Foundations and terminology (60 min)
- Solid-Waste Systems: Hazard and needs assessment (60 min)
- Solid-Waste Systems: Operational application (60 min)
- Solid-Waste Systems: Community coordination and accountability (60 min)
- Solid-Waste Systems: Improvement exercise (60 min)
- Wastewater And Excreta: Foundations and terminology (60 min)
- Wastewater And Excreta: Hazard and needs assessment (60 min)
- Wastewater And Excreta: Operational application (60 min)
- Wastewater And Excreta: Community coordination and accountability (60 min)
- Wastewater And Excreta: Improvement exercise (60 min)
- Air Pollution: Foundations and terminology (60 min)
- Air Pollution: Hazard and needs assessment (60 min)
- Air Pollution: Operational application (60 min)
- Air Pollution: Community coordination and accountability (60 min)
- Air Pollution: Improvement exercise (60 min)
- Soil And Water Pollution: Foundations and terminology (60 min)
- Soil And Water Pollution: Hazard and needs assessment (60 min)
- Soil And Water Pollution: Operational application (60 min)
- Soil And Water Pollution: Community coordination and accountability (60 min)
- Soil And Water Pollution: Improvement exercise (60 min)
- Environmental Monitoring: Foundations and terminology (60 min)
- Environmental Monitoring: Hazard and needs assessment (60 min)
- Environmental Monitoring: Operational application (60 min)
- Environmental Monitoring: Community coordination and accountability (60 min)
- Environmental Monitoring: Improvement exercise (60 min)
- Pollution-Control Planning: Foundations and terminology (60 min)
- Pollution-Control Planning: Hazard and needs assessment (60 min)
- Pollution-Control Planning: Operational application (60 min)
- Pollution-Control Planning: Community coordination and accountability (60 min)
- Pollution-Control Planning: Improvement exercise (60 min)
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