AN INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIALS OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIALS OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
Abstract
The issue of biomedical waste management has assumed great significance in recent times particularly in view of the rapid upsurge of HIV infection. Government of India has made proper handling and disposal of this category of waste a statutory requirement with the publication of gazette notification no 460 dated 27 July 1998. The provisions are equally applicable to our service hospitals and hence there is a need for all the service medical, dental, nursing officers, other paramedical staff and safaiwalas to be well aware of the basic principles of handling, treatment and disposal of biomedical waste. The present article deals with such basic issues as definition, categories and principles of handling and disposal of biomedical waste.
Keywords: Bio-medical waste; Hospital infections; Hospital waste disposal.
References
- Govt of India. Ministry of Environment and Forests Gazette notification No 460 dated July 27, New Delhi. 1998:10–20.
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