4.4. Training and education
Proper training must be carried out with hospital employees to develop awareness of health, safety and environmental issues (Mohee, 2005). If the understanding of medical waste disposal methods is increased, medical waste management will be greatly enhanced. Each hospital in this study assigned a person to take responsibility for waste management while in Iran only 46.7% of hospitals assigned a person to be responsible for medical waste management (Askarian et al., 2004).