Management of Biomedical Waste: A Review
For better result the authors need to increase the level of training and education regarding biomedical waste and environment-friendly health care with optimum priority, under rules and legislation.
Abstract
Lots of the problem can be fenced if the Biomedical waste management is properly executed. The activities that are usually performed as part of health care waste management involve segregation, storage, collection, transportation and disposal of biomedical waste. It includes organizational, planning, administrative, financial, engineering aspects, legal, and human resource development and their management involves interdisciplinary relationships. Management of biomedical waste requires commitment at all the levels from healthcare providers. A system that is managed by irresponsible and untrained staff, the risks and the importance of their “contribution” is dreaded. Awareness regarding rules of disposal of biomedical waste needs to be taught even among qualified medical personnel, including hospital administrators, private and governmental institutes, hospitals and colleges. Knowledge regarding the significance of biomedical waste, its relationship with the ecosystem, the environmental toxins used in health care industry and the impact of callousness on public health, remain very minimal. For better result we need to increase the level of training and education regarding biomedical waste and environment-friendly health care with optimum priority, under rules and legislation.