Effective waste management forms an integral part of the management of healthcare system in hospitals and medical institutions. However, a well-recognized medical college decided to neglect the rules laid-down for segregation of bio-medical waste, thus placing the healthcare of the proximity in jeopardy. The present case study describes the actions taken to resolve this issue and prevent further consequences of biowaste mismanagement.
As per norms obligatory for health organizations to follow, bio-medical left-overs must be separated and disposed of properly to avoid contaminations and infections being communicated to people who deal with or encounter waste, predominantly the garbage collectors who are at a risk towards diseases such as tetanus, HIV, Hepatitis, etc. Biomedical Waste Segregation Waste segregation is mandatory, the standards say, to isolate various kinds of…
