biomedical waste management

Biomedical waste management/Hospital waste management

Biomedical waste means any waste generate during healthcare, research, testing or relate procedures on human beings or animal conducted in hospitals, clinics, laboratories or similar establishment.

Biomedical waste more dangerous than domestic wastes.

It contains infections or other Hazardous materials that may; injure or harm patients, their visitors, hospital personnel and the public.

According to the "Gazette of India" Biomedical waste means any waste which is generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human being or animals or in research activities, or in any productive or testing of biomedical and including categories mentioned in schedule one.

Requirement of Biomedical waste management

1. Biomedical waste making place unhygienic

2. Prevent cause injury and infection

3. Prevent harmful chemicals and radioactive material

4. Prevent liquid waste spread into soil and can contaminate ponds

5. Prevent pollution of soil water and air

6. For healthy environment

Objective and Aim of Biomedical waste management

1. To prevent harmful result of waste

2. Minimize volume of waste

3. Retrieve reusable material

4. Recycling

6. Safe environment

7. Promote sustainable society

8. Provide correct method of handing biomedical waste

9. Ensure safe and economical disposal

10. Prevent transmission of disease to health workers 

11. Safety precautions during handling biomedical waste

Steps in Biomedical waste management

1. Reduction in volume

2. Reuse; recycling 

3. Segregation; segregating of biomedical waste category wise, color codes bags

4. Storage; not beyond 48 hours

5. Transportation; carry biomedical waste material 

6. Treatment; method to make biomedical non infectious and harmless