Open AccessBio-Medical Waste Managment in a Tertiary Care Hospital: An Overview
Author(s) -
Anita Pandey,
Sana Ahuja,
Molly Madan,
Ajay Kumar Asthana
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22595.8822
Subject(s) - biomedical waste , medical waste , health care , medicine , psychological intervention , waste management , medical emergency , business , operations management , engineering , nursing , economics , economic growth
Bio-Medical Waste (BMW) management is of utmost importance as its improper management poses serious threat to health care workers, waste handlers, patients, care givers, community and finally the environment. Simultaneously, the health care providers should know the quantity of waste generated in their facility and try to reduce the waste generation in day-to-day work because lesser amount of BMW means a lesser burden on waste disposal work and cost saving.