There are many countries today around the world who have their policies and ways to dispose of medical waste. The reason for these implementing different programs about medical waste disposal if for the safety of the people and the environment as well. There are a lot of cases in the world that usually cause people to get sick because of the improper segregation of medical waste. Countries save money or allot for these different programs, they have the agency in the government to look for this kind of problem. 

Reasons To Dispose of Properly The Medical Waste 

1. Medical waste is Harmful. Just like the medical waste disposal for healthcare facilities in North America that the government allocates budget to implement and for the proper disposal. Medical waste is known as one of the dangerous waste hospitals can have, there are a lot of diseases that can be transmitted to many people if these can’t be disposed of properly. Blood from the syringe, laboratory thing used for different medical examinations of the patients can cause an infectious disease that may damage the health of an individual. Another case of this improper waste disposal of dangerous things like a needle, blade, scalpel, medical scissors and many more can harm an individual and are hurtful. A lot of things may happen for this kind of problem so every hospital today is obliged to do their responsibilities with regards to this and bear with the policy government has given. 
2. Risks to Staff of the Hospital. Not only the patients can get different infectious diseases when having improper waste disposal but also the people who are exposed more to it. These are the staff of the hospital, usually, they are the one who does more interactions with the patient and at the same time use different medical tools. An individual who is exposed to this medical waste, then they have a more chance of getting different harmful diseases, such as hepatitis, HIV, Ebola and many more that can be prevented in many ways. Hospitals need to have more safety policies, to prevent this from happening. 
3. Harmful to the Community. This is one of the largest effects of improper medical waste disposer in the world. The thing is that every individual can have a participation in cleaning the environment, and even the biggest institutions in the country. When a hospital is practicing a harmful way of disposing medical waste, and just put it to any public space or near to it then there will be more problems. This can be the reason why the land, water, and even air is polluted. People need to learn to care for the environment and fellow human beings. 
4. Dangerous in the Supply of the Water. This can be a case to every country today, some are not well oriented with it comes to this issue. Improper disposal of medical waste can have a big problem in everything and one of these is in the water supply. All the fluids from medical waste can reach the ground soil can will affect the quality of the water for the consumption of the people. Thus, the government helps every country to do things right but of course, people need to have the great discipline to do so. 
5. Patient’s Perception. There is a lot of news today that particular hospitals have been practicing for years an improper way of medical waste disposal. Then this can change the perception and mindset of an individual towards the said hospital. News is one of the most influential things today. Any issues from the hospital have a big impact on their patient and this can also reflect their status as healthcare in the society.