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  ICS 11.140; 13.030.30  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Health care wastes management 
commodities  
 
Part 9:  
 
Waste transfer trolleys  — Specification  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Coast Provincial General Hospital  
Nursing Council of Kenya  
Kenya Medical Supplies Agency  
Kenyatta National Hospital  
Ministry of Medical Services  
Kenya Expanded Progrmme of I mmunization  
Reprentative, Rural Health Facilities  
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation  
Government Chemist 's Department  
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital  
Path-Kenya  
Christian Health Association of Kenya  
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation  — Office  of the Chief Public Health Officer  
 Ministry of Medical Services  — Office of the Chief Nursing Officer  
Ministry of Medical Services  — Office of the Director of Medical Services  
Kenya Medical Scientific Technical Officers Ass ociation  
Kenya Medical Research  Institute   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  - Secretariat  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Part 9 :  
 
Waste transfer trolleys  — Specification  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Foreword  
 
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Health care wastes  management commodities  
 
Part 9 :  
 
Waste transfer trolleys  — Specification  
 
 
 
1 Scope  
 
This part of this National Workshop Agreement specifies the require ments and test methods for the waste 
transfer trolleys.  
 
2 Definitions  
 
For the purpose s of this Natio nal Workshop Agreement, the following definitions shall apply.  
 
2.1 
healthcare waste protective devices  
these are devices used to safeguard a person against hazards or injury during  handling,  segregation, storing 
,transportation and disposal of the wastes  that are produced in the day to day provision of health care.  
 
2.2 
waste transfer trolley  
these are devices that are  designed to move the  health care wastes containers  from one point to another 
transfer station to await collection and disposal  
 
3 Requ irements  
 
3.1 General construction   
 
3.1.1  Shall be made of steel, aluminium, fibre glass  of heavy duty , polyethylene (LLPD), or of a material of 
equal or greater durability.   
 
3.1.2 The trolleys shall be stable when standing and have a smooth inside for e asy cleaning.  
 
3.1.3  Trolley shall have a push handle.  
 
3.1.4 Trolleys  that are used for transferring wastes in liners shall have a lid. The lid shall also be easily 
opened or removable in order to make it easy for liners to be put in and removed. They  shall be slightly 
tapered from bottom to top to allow for easy release of contents.   
 
3.2 Loading/unloading  
 
3.2.1  Trolleys shall be constructed in such a way that they allow ease top and side loading/offloading.  
They shall be constructed such that both the wastebins and liners with contents can be transferred with 
ease. Typi cal constructions are given in F igures 1 and 2.  
 
 
 
 
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Figure 1 — Typical trolley s for transfer of wastes in liners  as well as in bins  
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 2 — Typical trolley fo r transfer of wastes in bins  
 
 
3.2.2  Trolleys shall have wheels with a clearance of at least 9  cm and shall have four strong castors with 
brakes and, castors shall of appropriate diameter to allow ease movement and accommodation of the 
recommended weight.  
 
4 Label ling 
 
The following information shall be legibly and indelibly labelled on the waste troll ey in English and/or 
Kiswahili.  
 
a)  The manufacturers name shall be engrossed/engraved ; 
 
b)  Country of o rigin;  
 
c)  Batch n umber ; 
 
d)  Date of m anufacture and expiry date ; 
 
e)  Materials used;  
 
f)  Gross/net weight ; 
 
g)   Name and  characteristics of the article ; 
 
h)   Biohazard sign.