The Bio-Medical Waste Management in M.K.C.G. Medical College & Hospital, Berhampur, Odisha and its Legal Aspects Implemented by Indian Panel.

Zoology & Biotechnology

Hospital waste management has been brought into focus in India recently, particularly with the notification of the BMW (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998. Proper handling, treatment and disposal of biomedical wastes are important elements of health care office infection control programme. The M.K.C.G Medical College & Hospital having 881 beds, 22 main departments and having medical waste treatment plant inside the MKCG Campus. The plant was inaugurated on dated 7th Sept 2005 and plant opened from 9 am to 5 pm and there have 4 machines installed i.e. Incinerator, Microwave and two shredder having capacity 100 kg/hr, 100 ltr/hr and 100 kg/hr respectively. The health care workers are collected medical waste from all department of M.K.C.G & private hospital, Laboratory & Clinic etc. at the morning time with in 12 ‘o’ clock. The biomedical waste generated in Berhampur town is 1500 kg. (Considering 1 kg/ patient /day). The highest waste generated 42 % in Dressing Room and lowest waste generated 4 % in Pharmacy Department. At the time of collecting the medical waste they are not maintaining the color coding methods for that the segregation staffs are facing more and more difficulty to separate all wastes safely. Waste sharps and other plastic items were separated from the healthcare waste collected, shredded and disinfected along with the remaining waste by steam sterilisation in an autoclave. After autoclaving, the wastes were incinerated at 800oC for a period of three hours. During treatment, the incinerator door was periodically opened and the waste material turned for complete incineration. The ash generated was collected from the incineration unit, placed into a rectangular trench of 10 feet, sieved, packed and transported to the facility for deep burial. The process of incineration was always carried out between 9 am to 5 pm so that there will be public nuisance occurs in the locality of biomedical treatment plant. Minimizing biomedical waste is the first step in managing wastes safely, responsibly and in a cost effective manner. This management step makes use of reducing, reusing and recycling principles. There are many possible means to minimize the amount of both general waste and biomedical wastes within the health care or related facility. Hazardous wastes must be segregated from general wastes at the source. This is a regulatory requirement of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.

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