Volume : 7, Issue : 10, OCT 2021
BIOMEDICALWASTE MANAGEMENT CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTIVES: A REVIEW
HARSHA KRISHNAN, SUCHITH CHELLAPPAN*, CHINGAKHAM.C
Abstract
Biomedical waste management (BMW) is one of the biggest challenges of the present day times because it has a direct impact on the health and environment. Biomedical waste which includes various types of waste from hospitals, medical research centers, Clinics and nursing homes, is variable in characteristics and composition. Today about one fourth of the total biomedical waste is found hazardous. Biomedical waste management is of vital importance as its improper management poses risks to the health care workers, waste handlers, patients, community in general and largely the environment. The practices done for biomedical waste management are poor in most of the organizations, unawareness of people about the lethal hazards of biomedical waste can be a reason for this behaviour. Proper segregation, handling, storage, treatments & disposal of biomedical waste are necessary in order to develop biomedical waste management system in better way. The objective of the study is to assess the impacts of biomedical waste and practices that are currently followed for biomedical waste management including treatment and disposal. Various innovations are discussed in the paper which seems to be very efficient and reliable. The objective of these innovations is to eliminate the risk of polluting the environment, reducing health risks and also to bring down the stress in the biomedical waste management procedures. Biomedical waste management should be done very carefully according to the given innovations, otherwise it may lead to deadly diseases and environmental pollution.
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BIOMEDICAL WASTE, INFECTIOUS WASTE, INCINERATION, BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT.
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