MEDICAL POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE

Environmental Management System   |     PDCA Cycle

         Preliminary Audit Checklist

The EMS for your institution would begin with:

Preparing a commitment and EMS policy statement consistent with your institution’s values and guiding principles. The policy document should consider the requirements of and communication with interested parties. Continual improvement, prevention of pollution, coordination with other organizational polices, specific local or regional environmental concerns and compliance to relevant environmental regulation, laws and other criteria. You could use the section on law provided in this website.  

Once the EMS policy is drafted and approved, one should establish a bio-medical waste management steering committee or infection control committee and appoint a management representative who will be directly responsible for establishing systems and procedures, implementing and maintaining the systems and aided by a team of adequately-trained staff. The training should be imparted to the management representative and his team. Details of the training could be obtained from the section on training.