Bio Medical Waste Management(Part 1)
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BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT:
AN OVERVIEW
Priza Ghosh
Department Of Biomedical
Engineering,
Netaji Subhash Engineering
College, Kolkata
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DEFINITIONS
Biomedical Waste:
Waste generated in the diagnosis, treatment
and immunization of human beings or animals, in
research or
in the production and testing of biological products.
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BASIC PRINCIPLES
Biomedical waste shall not be mixed with other waste.
Segregation at source both at ward and unit level.
Colour coding to support segregation at source.
Biomedical waste shall be segregated into
containers/bags at the point of generation in
accordance with BMW rules 1998 prior to its storage,
transportation, treatment and disposal.
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BASIC PRINCIPLES
The container should be labeled according to BMW
Rules 1998.
Identify destination fro each type of waste and ensure
safe disposal.
Keep track of usage.
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POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS OF BIOMEDICAL
WASTE
AIDS
Hepatitis B&C
Gastro-enteric
Infections
Respiratory Infections
Blood Stream infections
Skin infections
Effects of radio active substances
Intoxication
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CLASSIFICATION OF WASTE:
All hospital wastes can be classified into:
Non hazardous waste-80%
Bio hazardous waste-20%
Bio hazardous waste:
Infectious waste - 15%(sharps, non sharps,
plastics disposables ,liquid waste)
Non infectious waste - 5%(radioactive waste,
discarded glass, chemical waste, cytotoxic waste,
incinerated waste)
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BIO MEDICAL WASTE:
(MANAGEMENT AND HANDLING RULES)
Every hospital generating Biomedical waste need to set
up requisite Biomedical waste treatment facilities to
ensure requisite treatment of waste.
No untreated Biomedical waste shall be kept stored
beyond a period of 48 hours.
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CATEGORIES OF BIOMEDICAL WASTE:OPTION W ASTE CATEGORY TREATMENT &
DISPOSAL
Category No.1 Human Anatomical
Waste(Human tissue, organ,
body parts)
Incineration/Deep burial
Category No.2 Animal Waste(animal tissue,
organ, body parts)
Incineration/Deep burial
Category No.3 Microbiology &
Biotechnology Waste(Waste
from laboratory cultures)
Local autoclaving/
microwaving/
incineration
Category No.4 Waste sharps(needles, blades
etc)
Shredding/disinfection
Category No.5 Discarded Medicines and
cytotoxic drugs( waste
comprising of outdated,
contaminated and discarded
medicine)
Incineration
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SEGREGATION OF WASTE
It should be done at the site of generation of BMW.
The responsibility of segregation should be with the
generator of BMW, i.e. Doctors, nurses, technician etc.
The biomedical waste should be segregated as percategories applicable.
All the bags/containers must be labeled Bio-hazard or
cytotoxic symbols according to the rules.
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COLOUR
CODING
TYPEOF
CONTAINER
WASTE
CATEGORY
TREATMENT &
DISPOSAL
Yellow Plastic Bag Categories 1,2,3 & 6. Incineration/
Deep burialRed Disinfected
container/
plastic bag
Categories 3,6,7 Autoclaving/
microwaving/
chemical treatment
Blue/White
translucent
Plastic bag/
puncture proof
container
Categories 4 & 7 Autoclaving/
microwaving/
chemical treatment
& destruction/
shredding
Black Plastic bag Categories 5,9,10 Disposal in securedlandfill
COLOR CODING & THE TYPE OF CONTAINER
FOR DISPOSAL OF BIOMEDICAL WASTE
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POINTS TO REMEMBER
Chemical treatment is done by using at least 1%sodium hypochlorite solution and disinfection must beensured.
No chemical pretreatment before incineration.
No chlorinated plastics to be incinerated.
Deep burial only in areas with less than 5L people.
Biomedical waste should be transported within the
hospital by means of wheeled trolleys that are notused for any other purpose.
Health Care Workers Should have the Knowledge ofBiomedical waste management.
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MANAGE WASTE NOWITS OUR RESPONSIBILITY..