Biomedical waste management presentation.pptx

Biomedical waste management

1. BIO MEDICAL WASTE Bio-medical Waste Any waste which is generated during the diagnosis ,treatment and immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities pertaining there to or in the production or testing of biological or in health changes  

2. BMW Management Programme: Objectives To Prevent Infection By Maintaining Good Hygiene And Sanitation To Protect The Patient And All Health Care Personnel From Avoidable Exposure To Infection To Prevent Injuries And Other Health Hazards From Biomedical Waste To Prevent Environmental Pollution To Manage Waste In A Clean, Healthy, Economical And Safe Manner To Minimize Waste

3. BRIEF RULES Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 GoI , Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

4. CLASSIFICATION OF WASTE GENERAL WASTE BIOMEDICAL WASTE

5. COLOUR CODING AS PER BMW 2016

6. WHITE (WASTE SHARPS) NEEDLES SCALPEL BLADES SYRINGES WITH FIXED NEEDLES PUNCTURE PROOF LEAK PROOF TRANSLUCENT SHREDIING STERLIASATION SHARP PIT

7. BLACK COLOUR WASTE General waste Papers cups Kitchen waste Tissue papers Office waste

8. RESPONSIBILITIES OF HEALTH CARE WORKER HANDLING BMW BMW should be segregated at the point of generation by the person who is generating BMW & General waste should not be mixed Storage time of BMW should be less than 48hrs No use of chlorinated plastic bags and gloves Pretreatment only for laboratory and chemical waste highly infectious should be pretreated Provide bar code labels on all colour coded bags BMW bags not be filled more than 3 quarters Plastic bags never to be stapled but may be tied Measure the waste bag