Biomedical waste management colour coding 2018 rules

BIO MEDICAL WASTE GENERATION RULES 2018 AS PER GUIDELINES OF CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD/ FW &MOH

1. BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT COLOUR CODING INSTRUCTIONS FOR
SEGREGATION AT POINT OF GENERATION
THINK BEFORE YOU THROW (Under BMW (Management & Handling) Rules 2018)
YELLOW POLYTHENE BAG WITH
BAR CODING POLYTHENE
CORD BORAD BOX
BLUE COLOUR /BAR CODE
WHITE-PUNCTURE
PROOF CONTAINER
RED POLYTHENE BAG
BAR CODING POLYTHENE
 Human & Animal Anatomical Waste
- (Tissue Organ Body Part Fetus etc)
- Residual blood and blood components
Placenta
 Expired medicine Waste
(e.g Antiboitic etc.)
- Discarded medicine
- Cytotoxic drugs along with glass ampule ,
vial etc.
 Chemical liquid
- Disinfectant solution
- Silver x-ray film liquid
- Formalin solution
- Infected secretion
- Aspirated body fluid
- Liquid from laboratories
- Floor washing solution
- Pesticide Fertiliz Chemical
- Blood and body fluids
 Solid Waste
- contaminated cotton Swabs
- Dressing pad
- Bandage roll
- Contaminated gauze piece
 Discarded Linen, Mattresses & Bedding
 Mircobiology and biotechnology waste
- Infected broken glass/
bottle
- Broken or unbroken
glass ware
- vial
- Ampules
- Glass ware/ IV bottle
(0.45 NS)
- Manitol injection
bottle
- Metallic body
implants
- Glass ware item used
in ward
- Glass piece
- Glass Bottles
- Glass
Slides(Laborites)
- Glass Syringes
- Waste sharp
including metals
- Needle
- Syringe with
fixed needle
- Needle from
needle tip cutter
or burner l
- Scalpels
- Blade/Razor
- Suture needle
- Spine needle
- Contaminated
metal sharp
objects.
- Lancets
- Nails
- IV bottle
- IV tube
- PEM line tube
- Urinary Catheter
- Suction catheter
- Ryles tube
- Syringe
- Gloves
- ET tube
- Brain circuit ventilator
tube
- Other infected plastic
- Vacutainers
- Blood Bags
- Plastic dropper
- Drain bottle tube
- CVP line with pieces
- BT set
- IV Cannula
- Urine bag
- Droppers
- Rubber Catheter
- Extension Tube

2. Prepared by
Dr. ANJALATCHI
ELMCH, ERA UNIVERSITY
 Cytotoxic waste