Bio Medical Waste Management

This PPT is regarding the process of BMW Management.

1. Phlebotomy Technician Lesson: Bio Medical Waste Management

2. Learning Objectives What is BMW? Category Color Coding Segregation Key Points

3. Biomedical Waste

4. Categorization of BMW

5. Colour Coding and Type of Container Schedule - II Colour Coding Type of Container Waste Category Treatment options as per Schedule I Yellow Plastic bag Cat.1,Cat.2, Cat.3 and Cat.6 Incineration/ deep burial Red Disinfected container/ plastic bag Cat.3, Cat.6, and Cat.7 Autoclaving/Micro waving/ Chemical Treatment Blue/ White Translucent Plastic Bag/ puncture proof container Cat.4 and Cat.7 Autoclaving/Micro waving/ Chemical Treatment and destruction/ shredding Black Plastic bag Cat.5, Cat.9, and Cat.10 (solid) Disposal in secured landfill

6. Colour Coding- Type of bag or container • Yellow : yellow colored non-chlorinated bags or containers • Red : red colored non-chlorinated bags or containers • White (Translucent ): puncture proof, lead proof, tamper proof containers • Blue : cardboard with blue colored markings

7. Bio-Hazard Symbol

8. Key points to R emember :- Healthcare waste includes infectious, chemical, expired pharmaceutical and radioactive items and sharps. The management of hospital generated waste is not only the responsibility of the hospital administration but also of every department and every healthcare providing personnel in the hospital. Biomedical waste is any kind of waste containing infectious (or potentially infectious) materials. Biomedical waste is generated from biological and medical sources and activities, such as the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of diseases. According to Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 of India “Any waste which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biological.

9. Answer the F ollowing :- How do you dispose biological waste ? What is meant by medical waste ?