Solid Waste Management

BIO-MEDICAL

WASTE

MANAGEMENT

Contents: Bio-Medical Waste Management

01. Introduction

02. Types Of Bio-medical waste

03. Effects of Bio-medical waste

04. Collection and treatment of Bio-medical waste

05. instance Study: INHS KAYLYANI Hospital

06. Conlusion

INTRODUCTION

All over the country, nonsegregated and untreated biomedical waste is being indiscriminately discarded into municipal bins, bullshit sites, on roadsides, in water bodies or is being incompletely and improperly burnt in the open. All this is leading to fast proliferation and spreading of infectious, dangerous and fatal communicable diseases like hepatitis, acquired immune deficiency syndrome and several types of undersurfacecers. In urban and boorish areas alike, incidence and prevalence of several such human diseases has increased and the per capita medical consumption has also gone high several folds. Although, yet to be proven, morbidity or illness amongst both urban and rural dwellers has increased albeit for different reasons.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India has notified the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) rules 1998 with posterior amendments (June 2nd 2000 and September 2003).



However, only 5-10% of institutions in the country arrest implemented the Rules or are following them at present.

Unfortunately, almost western countries, in the garb of managing their biomedical wastes, are adding to our problems by exporting their wastes to poorer countries.

The improper handling, treatment, storage, transport and disposal of waste can lead to serious problems like:

- The entire waste from a healthcare establishment, which includes non-infectious as well as infectious waste, if unsegregated and untreated is mixed with the rest of the waste in a healthcare establishment, will convert the entire non infectious full general waste (75-80%) also into infectious waste.

- The indiscriminate disposal of sharps at heart and outside institutions leading to occupational hazards...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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