Biomedical solid waste management in an Indian hospital: a case study

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Waste Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2004.07.011· OSTI ID:20875663

Patil, Gayathri V ^[1]; Pokhrel, Kamala ^[2]

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1. Institute of Pharmacy, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi 284 128 (India)
2. Hospital Administration, KLE Society's JN Medical College, Belgaum 590 010 (India)

The objectives of this study were: (i) to assess the waste handling and treatment system of hospital bio-medical solid waste and its mandatory compliance with Regulatory Notifications for Bio-medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, under the Environment (Protection Act 1986), Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Govt. of India, at the chosen KLE Society's J. N. Hospital and Medical Research Center, Belgaum, India and (ii) to quantitatively estimate the amount of non-infectious and infectious waste generated in different wards/sections. During the study, it was observed that: (i) the personnel working under the occupier (who has control over the institution to take all steps to ensure biomedical waste is handled without any adverse effects to human health and the environment) were trained to take adequate precautionary measures in handling these bio-hazardous waste materials, (ii) the process of segregation, collection, transport, storage and final disposal of infectious waste was done in compliance with the Standard Procedures, (iii) the final disposal was by incineration in accordance to EPA Rules 1998 (iv) the non-infectious waste was collected separately in different containers and treated as general waste, and (v) on an average about 520 kg of non-infectious and 101 kg of infectious waste is generated per day (about 2.31 kg per day per bed, gross weight comprising both infectious and non-infectious waste). This hospital also extends its facility to the neighboring clinics and hospitals by treating their produced waste for incineration.

• OSTI ID: 20875663
• Journal Information: Waste Management, Journal Name: Waste Management Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 25; ISSN WAMAE2; ISSN 0956-053X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COMBUSTION
COMPLIANCE
ENVIRONMENT
FORESTRY
HOSPITALS
PERSONNEL
PUBLIC HEALTH
SAFETY
SOLID WASTES
WASTE MANAGEMENT