Current perspectives on biomedical waste management: Rules, conventions and treatment technologies
| Autor: | KT Bhowmik, Malini R. Capoor |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty 030106 microbiology 030231 tropical medicine Immunology lcsh:QR1-502 India Legislation Microbiology lcsh:Microbiology Regulatory authority 03 medical and health sciences Human health 0302 clinical medicine Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) Waste Management medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Biomedical waste management rules 2016 Medical Waste Disposal General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Public health Waste minimisation biomedical waste Biomedical waste treatment technologies Disinfection Infectious Diseases Risk analysis (engineering) Environmental Pollutants business Social responsibility |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 35, Iss 2, Pp 157-164 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1998-3646 0255-0857 |
| Popis: | Unregulated biomedical waste management (BMWM) is a public health problem. This has posed a grave threat to not only human health and safety but also to the environment for the current and future generations. Safe and reliable methods for handling of biomedical waste (BMW) are of paramount importance. Effective BMWM is not only a legal necessity but also a social responsibility. This article reviews the current perspectives on BMWM and rules, conventions and the treatment technologies used worldwide. BMWM should ideally be the subject of a national strategy with dedicated infrastructure, cradle-to-grave legislation, competent regulatory authority and trained personnel. Improving the management of biomedical waste begins with waste minimisation. These standards, norms and rules on BMWM in a country regulate the disposal of various categories of BMW to ensure the safety of the health-care workers, patients, public and environment. Furthermore, developing models for the monitoring of hospital health-care waste practices and research into non-burn eco-friendly sustainable technologies, recycling and polyvinyl chloride-free devices will go in long way for safe carbon environment. Globally, greater research in BMWM is warranted to understand its growing field of public health importance. |
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