An Overview on Biomedical Waste Disposal and its Management

Abstract

Proper disposal of bio-medical waste (BMDW) is a problem that both public bodies and nongovernmental organisations (NGO) have acknowledged. Adequate precaution should be taken to remove several risks and hazardous chemicals containing them. Inadequate and inadequate systems for segregation and transportation can pose serious problems for society and higher risk to exposed workers, patients and the population to biomedical dangers. A timely regulatory and legislative policies and procedures are necessary in order to increase the pace at which appropriate processing and management methods are developed. They need to be characterised. It is difficult to adequately isolate, manage and remove wastes. Safe and effective management is not only a juridical necessity, but also a social responsibility for BMDW. Some of the problems in proper management of hospital (HSP) waste are a lack of care in people working in that field, less motivation, awareness, and cost factor. In different practises appropriate surveys of waste management procedures are needed. Education on the dangers of unsafe waste disposal is clearly necessary. An efficient engagement approach is essential in view of the low level of knowledge of BMDW management by various categories of workers in healthcare (HLC) centres. A major direction for future studies will be to plan global and quantitative and qualitative evaluation of BMDW flows.