Common Bio Medical Waste Management Case Study

Anu G Agarwal65 (2003) A common bio-medical waste treatment facility (CBWTF) is a setup where Bio medical wastes which are generated by the Health care centres are imparted necessary treatment to reduce the risk which it possesses. The treated wastes are finally land filled in a restricted area. All the Health care units cannot have individual facilities because of the volume of waste generated, treatment methods and techniques, space, investment needed, maintenance and availability of qualified staffs and too many incinerators which are installed may inevitably leads to burning of all kinds of wastes, results in air pollution. The writer mentions the developed countries are turning away from incineration. But the developing countries are
A proper plan and execution is in place for safe management integrating financial, institutional, managerial, social, and environmental issues. This facility faces the problem that the bio medical waste generators do not follow the segregation process in the colour coding containers. The performance of Common Bio Medical Waste Facility can be enhanced with the better cooperation with the Bio Medical Waste generators. G.Karthikeyan67 (2007) in a study carried out to evaluate the Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facility in Chennai, to access the efficiency of the plant in treating and managing Bio Waste with respect to environment, society, and health of the workers, found that workers are handling waste manually. Sudden fall in temperature is noted in the incinerators with effect of destruction of it. Overloading is also a problem. It is also mentioned that there is increased cancer cases and some respiratory disorders of the workers and the people around the
The types of waste generated in the hospitals and the level of waste management awareness, knowledge of workers and staffs in Shiraz city hospitals of Iran were discussed. The data were collected using questionnaire as a sample survey from 9 hospitals. Questions were used to survey the hospitals in terms of collection, transportation, segregation and treatment, information based on these were collected and analysed. The types of seweage system used in hospitals were also assessed. The interview was done in three stages, wastes being weighed every week for each hospital in three shifts for a period of one and half months. Interview with environmental experts and waste managers was done. Waste data was collected using waste special data form. All the data was tabulated, coded and analysed using SPSS 12 software. This study found that cost saving and efficient waste disposal system is necessary. Too little biomedical waste means too little disposal work. So Health workers must reduce the waste. Lack of proper waste law, awareness, policies and apathy are responsible for the improper management of waste in Shiraz city. Present law concentrates only on Hospitals but not on medical labs, clinics, etc., not even on doctors. 85.9 percent of Hospitals use colour coding bags. 726.50 kg/day is the total amount of waste generated. Only 11.1 percent of workers use