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BIO MEDICAL WAST MANAGEMENT (BMW),

                                 BIO MEDICAL WAST MANAGEMENT (BMW)

INTRODUCTION

Biomedical or hospital waste refers to any waste generated while providing healthcare, performing research & undertaking investigations or related procedures on human beings or animals in hospitals, clinics, laboratories or similar establishments.

Potential hazards : Biomedical waste is far more dangerous & offensive than domestic waste because.

·         It contains infectious or other hazardous materials that may injure, infect or otherwise harm patients, their  visitors, hospital personnel & the public at large in several ways.

·         It may contain sharps such as needle or broken glass, that can cause injury & infection, or harmful chemicals & radioactive materials.

·         If kept untreated, it undergous fermentation & animals, rendering the site of generation and storage filthy and unhygienic.

·         It can attract rag pickers, who repack disposables or drugs and sell them.

Since B.M.W can be serious pollutants of soil,water & air,unless carefully managed,government  across the world have been forced to introduce legal restraints in this area. The Goverments of India has promulgated the Medical wast (management & Handling) Rules, 1998, Under which thew persons who are in charge of medical & other institutions where such wastes are generated (called occupiers) are held legally responsible for maintaining the conditions prescribed in the rules, which have come into effect from 1 january 2003.

 

Types of B.M.W

The amount of waste generated under Indian conditions has been estimated as 1 to 2 kg per bed per day and is composed of different types of waste, of which , on an average about 85 per cent is harmless and only 15 per cent is hazardous, which includes infectious waste.

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