Abstract
Bio-medical waste is the waste generated from hospitals, including infectious waste, and has a high potential for causing injury and infections to humans as well as to the environment. Effective bio-medical waste management is the requisite parameter for a healthy and unpolluted environment. It is a social and legal responsibility of the medical community and common people to participate in the proper hygienic waste disposal actively and lead the environment free from various infectious diseases. BMW is precarious in the constitution and is different from general municipal waste; hence, it requires a unique approach and handling to avoid environmental and human health risks. The government of India made a statutory requirement for appropriate handling and disposal of bio-medical waste with the publication of gazette notification in July 1998 and further making required changes in it. This article explains various components, techniques for remediation, and consequences of improper disposal of BMW and provisions of BMW management in India. It also gives a brief overview of bio-medical waste management of hospitals in Uttar Pradesh.
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Abbreviations
- BMW:
-
Bio-medical waste
- INCLEN:
-
International clinical epidemiology network
- CPCB:
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Central pollution control board
- SPCB:
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State pollution control board
- MOEFCC:
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Ministry of environment, forest and climate change
- BMWM:
-
Bio-medical waste management
- SSPG:
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Shri Shiv Prasad Gupt Divisional District Hospital
- SSH:
-
Sir Sundarlal Hospital
- PPE:
-
Personal protective equipment
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Tiwari, P.K. et al. (2022). A Critical Appraisal of Biomedical Waste Management in Uttar Pradesh. In: Ratan, J.K., Sahu, D., Pandhare, N.N., Bhavanam, A. (eds) Advances in Chemical, Bio and Environmental Engineering. CHEMBIOEN 2021. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96554-9_42
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