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Impact of Biomedical Waste Management System on Infection Control in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic

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The emergence of modern medicinal practices and diagnosis process has resulted in health risks and threat to the environment, and thus it is a matter of global concern. However, the improper waste management rules adopted in healthcare hospitals around the world cause a potential health impact to ecosystem which generates contagious and deadly diseases affected by human beings. In this chapter, an attempt is made to investigate an overview of biomedical waste management practices in healthcare facilities in India as well as around the world. This chapter intends to provide the origin and types of biomedical waste, requirement of waste management rules and containment in hospitals and research centres and followed by the safe disposal of wastes which are unaffected to the environment. More emphasis was given to the biomedical health risks, handling and disposal methodologies adopted by different countries and the steps taken to eradicate the infections caused due to COVID-19 pandemic in much reliable ways.

Authors Dr.Jackson Durairaj and Dr. Johnson Retnaraj Samuel have contributed equally.

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  1. Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology Lab, Centre for Molecular and Nanomedical Sciences, International Research Centre, Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology (Deemed to be University), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Johnson Retnaraj Samuel Selvan Christyraj, Jackson Durairaj Selvan Christyraj & Kamarajan Rajagopalan

  2. Department of Materials Science & Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Prasannan Adhimoorthy

  3. PG Department of Chemistry, Women’s Christian College (An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to the University of Madras), College Road, Chennai, 600006, Tamil Nadu, India

    J. Nimita Jebaranjitham

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Selvan Christyraj, J.R.S., Selvan Christyraj, J.D., Adhimoorthy, P., Rajagopalan, K., Nimita Jebaranjitham, J. (2021). Impact of Biomedical Waste Management System on Infection Control in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Chakraborty, C., Roy, S., Sharma, S., Tran, T.A. (eds) The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Green Societies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66490-9_10

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