Open AccessRisk of Covid-19 Transmission due to Domestic Biomedical Waste – A Review
Author(s) -
Aneri Tank
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2021.38431
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medical waste , waste management , biomedical waste , domestic waste , pandemic , business , hazardous waste , hospital waste , personal protective equipment , environmental science , medicine , engineering , health care , virology , economic growth , outbreak , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics
Biomedical waste is said to be a type of waste generated during treatment or diagnosis. Apart from hospitals, clinics, and laboratories it is generated domestically as well. Amount of Biomedical waste in household has increased significantly in the past year due to Covid-19 pandemic, People were effectively educated regarding usage of masks, face covers, PPEs and sanitizers, but were not acknowledged regarding waste generated and disposal methods due to usage of such disposable items in ample quantity. Awareness should be spread across regarding Covid-19 related medical waste generation and its ways of disposal. Waste which is contaminated with Covid-19 virus has certain hours on surface stability of it, due to which risk of contamination increases. Therefore, one must be always aware regarding advantages and disadvantages of the items they use, consume or throw away. Keywords: Biomedical Waste, Hospital Waste, Covid-19, domestic Biomedical waste, Municipal Waste