(2012) Need of Biomedical Waste Management System in Hospitals - An Emerging issue - A Review PRAVEEN MATHUR‚ SANGEETA PATAN* and ANAND S. SHOBHAWAT Department of Environmental Science‚ MDS University Ajmer - 305 009 (India). (Received: April 24‚ 2012; Accepted: May 27‚ 2012) ABSTRACT Medical care is vital for our life and health‚ but the waste generated from medical activities represents a real problem of living nature and human world. Improper management of waste generated in health care facilities
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PART 2 : SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT Introduction : Dr. Sushila Tiwari Memorial Government Hospital‚ Haldwani is a 640 bedded tertiary care associated teaching hospital of Government Medical College‚ Haldwani. The Hospital has OPD block‚ Operation Theatres (OT) Block‚ Ward Areas‚ ICCU‚ NICU‚ ICU‚ Blood Bank‚ Emergency‚ Teaching Areas in Ward and OPDs‚ Radiology‚ Canteen‚ Laundry‚ Mess area. The average daily attendance in OPD is approx 1000‚ Emergency/Casualty is approx 100‚ and IPD is approx
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Health-care waste management in India is receiving greater attention due to recent regulations (the Biomedical Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules‚ 1998). The prevailing situation is analyzed covering various issues like quantities and proportion of different constituents of wastes‚ handling‚ treatment and disposal methods in various health-care units (HCUs). The waste generation rate ranges between 0•5 and 2•0 kg per bed per day. It is estimated that annually about 0•33 million tonne of waste are generated
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Waste management 1. What are the health problems due to air pollution 2. What are the effects on health due to water pollution 3. Describe Minamata disease 4. What are the main diseases caused by pesticides 5. What was the main reason for the disappearance of the Indian vulture 6. Describe biomagnifications 7. Why do we need waste management 8. What is wet scrubber method? 9. What are the three types of radio active waste. Where are they generated 10. Distinguish
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GEOGRAPHY WASTE GENERATION AND ITS MANAGEMENT DEFINATION OF WASTE DEFINATION OF WASTE Waste‚ or rubbish‚ trash‚ junk‚ garbage‚ depending on the type of material or the regional terminology‚ is an unwanted or undesired material or substance. It may consist of the unwanted materials left over from a manufacturing process (industrial‚ commercial‚ mining or agricultural operations‚) or from community and household activities
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WASTE MANAGEMENT.... -Waste management is the collection‚ transport‚ processing or disposal‚ managing and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity‚ and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health‚ the environment or aesthetics. Waste management is a distinct practice from resource recovery which focuses on delaying the rate of consumption of natural resources. All wastes materials‚ whether they are solid‚ liquid‚ gaseous
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Types of wastes : 1. Municipal Solid Waste Municipal solid waste (MSW) is generated from households‚ offices‚ hotels‚ shops‚ schools and other institutions. The major components are food waste‚ paper‚ plastic‚ rags‚ metal and glass‚ although demolition and construction debris is often included in collected waste‚ as are small quantities of hazardous waste‚ such as electric light bulbs‚ batteries‚ automotive parts and discarded medicines and chemicals. Generation rates for MSW vary from city
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Municipal waste is disposed of in three different ways. As of 2004 it is estimated that 71 percent is land filled‚ 16 percent incinerated‚ and 13 percent recycled. Other wastes that have to be disposed of are nuclear and hazardous wastes. The environmental effects of different waste management solutions will be discussed as well as ideal ways‚ in my opinion‚ to dispose of different forms of solid wastes. Landfills are the most commonly used form of disposing wastes today. It is also a form
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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
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