Acute care is a level of health care in. which a patient is treated for a brief but. severe episode of illness,for conditions. that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acute. care is generally provided in a hospital. by a variety of clinical personnel using.
Under the lean manufacturing system, seven wastes are identified: overproduction, inventory, motion, defects, over-processing, waiting, and transport. Overproduction. The most serious of the wastes, overproduction can cause all other types of wastes and results in excess inventory.
Throughout the region, the principal sources. of solid waste are residential households and the. agricultural, commercial, construction, industrial and. institutional sectors. A breakdown of solid waste. types and sources is provided in Table 8.1. For the. purposes of this review these sources are defined as.