REDEFINING BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT: A PATH AHEAD IN INDIA
Abstract
In any nation majority of hospitals, surgical centres, health facility providers, pathological laboratories, and blood banks are the foremost sources of bio-medical waste. Apart from these sources mortuary centres, human and animal medical research centres, nursing homes, and autopsy centres also significantly contribute to bio-medical waste generation. Typically, in developed countries ‘per hospital per day’ between 200 to 500 gm of harmful bio-medical waste is generated. In underdeveloped countries, this generated quantity is much higher with the existence of other key issues like non-separation of non-hazardous and hazardous bio-medical waste. In this paper, the researcher makes an attempt to discuss a few global factual questions confronted by existing BMWM systems and the current scenario in India.
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