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We divide Hospital waste into two : Infectious
and non infectious and handling of items is as below:
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Waste Category |
Bio-medical waste
composition |
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Human
Anatomical Waste |
Human
tissues, organs, body parts |
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Animal Waste |
Animal
tissue, organs, body parts carcasses, bleeding parts, fluid, blood and
experimental animals used in research, waste generated by Veterinary
hospitals colleges, discharge from hospitals, animal houses |
Microbiology
and
Biotechnology Waste |
Wastes from
laboratory cultures, stocks or specimens of micro-organisms live
orAttenuated vaccines, human and animal cell culture used in research
and infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes
from production of biologicals, toxins,Dishes and devices used for
transfer of cultures |
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Waste Sharps |
Needles,
syringes, scalpels, blades, glass, etc., that may cause puncture and
cuts. This includes both used and unused sharps |
Discarded
Medicines and
Cytotoxic drugs |
comprising of
outdated, contaminated and discarded medicines |
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Solid Waste |
Items
contaminated with blood, and body fluids including cotton, dressing,
soiled plaster casts, lines, beddings, other material contaminated with
blood
Wastes generated from disposable items other than the waste sharps such
as tubing, catheters, intravenous sets etc. |
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Liquid Waste |
Waste
generated from laboratory and washing, cleaning, house-keeping and
disinfecting activities |
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Incineration
Ash |
Ash from
incineration of any biomedical waste |
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Chemical
Waste |
Chemicals
used in production of biologicals, chemicals used in disinfection, as
insecticides like solvents, chemotherapy waste, photographic chemicals,
formaldehyde waste, radioactive waste, heavy metals like mercury and
corrosives, anesthetic gases etc.) |
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