UNIT- XII
BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
,INTRODUCTION
•Health and environmental risks arise out of poor infection control practices
unsound environment management systems such as inappropriate disinfection an
poor biomedical waste handling, treatment, and disposal.
•These hazards can never be underestimated and the outcome is often irreversibl
•In India, the quantity of hospital waste is estimated to be 1-2 kg per bed per day
a hospital and 600 g per day per bed in a clinic.
•Around 85% of the hospital waste is non-hazardous, 15% is infectious/hazardou
•Mixing of non-hazardous waste with hazardous waste results in contamination a
makes the entire waste hazardous
•Hence there is a necessity to segregate, treat, and proper dispose.
,•Improper disposal increases the risk of infection and also increases t
chances of recycling of prohibited disposables and expired drugs.
•Definition: Biomedical waste means any waste, that is generated dur
the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals
research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of
biological or in health camps, including the categories mentioned in t
BMW rules.
, •HAZARDS
•The hazardous nature of Biomedical wastes is due to
the presence of the following :
∙ Presence of infectious agents
∙ Presence of used sharps
∙ Presence of cytotoxic compounds
• Nurses are the most vulnerable to needle stick injuries among th
health care staff:
BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
,INTRODUCTION
•Health and environmental risks arise out of poor infection control practices
unsound environment management systems such as inappropriate disinfection an
poor biomedical waste handling, treatment, and disposal.
•These hazards can never be underestimated and the outcome is often irreversibl
•In India, the quantity of hospital waste is estimated to be 1-2 kg per bed per day
a hospital and 600 g per day per bed in a clinic.
•Around 85% of the hospital waste is non-hazardous, 15% is infectious/hazardou
•Mixing of non-hazardous waste with hazardous waste results in contamination a
makes the entire waste hazardous
•Hence there is a necessity to segregate, treat, and proper dispose.
,•Improper disposal increases the risk of infection and also increases t
chances of recycling of prohibited disposables and expired drugs.
•Definition: Biomedical waste means any waste, that is generated dur
the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals
research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of
biological or in health camps, including the categories mentioned in t
BMW rules.
, •HAZARDS
•The hazardous nature of Biomedical wastes is due to
the presence of the following :
∙ Presence of infectious agents
∙ Presence of used sharps
∙ Presence of cytotoxic compounds
• Nurses are the most vulnerable to needle stick injuries among th
health care staff:
