scholarly journals Medical Waste Generation during COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Pandemic and Its Management: An Indian Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manju Rawat Ranjan ◽  
Ashutosh Tripathi ◽  
Ganga Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Sample Collection ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Government ◽  
Indian Perspective ◽  
Take All

The generation of biomedical waste has increased many times after the SARS Cov2 commencement. The biomedical waste generated from COVID-19 Patients is very infectious and contaminated. Thus, it is a big challenge with all stakeholders to avoid spreading of COVID-19 through it. This requires monitoring the complete cycle to the grave to be monitored from the cradle, if the spreading needs to be controlled. The COVID-19 waste generation, collection, storage, transportation and disposal is a big challenge withall stakeholders including isolation wards, quarantine centres, sample collection centres, laboratories, urban local bodies, and the Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) respectively. As its a novel virus and WHO has instructed that proper guidelines need to be followed with regards to COVID-19biomedical waste generation and its safe disposal. The Government of India has separately developed the Guidelines for the handling of COVID-19 biomedical waste, which needs to be followed besides BiomedicalRules, 2016 so that Corona spread through this can be controlled. Owing to its novel origin and least information about its behaviour, thus it is extremely important to take all precautions possible till we get some medical treatment.

Assessment of bio-medical waste before and during the emergency of novel Coronavirus disease pandemic in India: A gap analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2110214
Author(s):  
Rahul Rajak ◽  
Ravi Kumar Mahto ◽  
Jitender Prasad ◽  
Aparajita Chattopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Central Pollution Control Board ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Considering the widespread transmission of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) globally, India is also facing the same crisis. As India already has inadequate waste treatment facilities, and the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has led to significant growth of Bio-medical waste (BMW), consequently safe disposal of a large quantity of waste has become a more serious concern. This study provides a comprehensive assessment of BMW of India before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, this article highlights the gaps in the implementation of BMW rules in India. This study uses various government and non-government organizations, reports and data specifically from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The finding of the study demonstrated that most of the States/Union Territories (UTs) of India are lacking in terms of COVID-19 waste management. India has generated over 32,996 mt of COVID-19 waste between June and December 2020. During this period, Maharashtra (789.99 mt/month) is highest average generator of COVID-19 waste, followed by Kerala (459.86 mt/month), Gujarat (434.87 mt/month), Tamil Nadu (427.23 mt/month), Uttar Pradesh (371.39 mt/month), Delhi (358.83 mt/month) and West Bengal (303.15 mt/month), and others respectively. We draw attention to the fact that many gaps were identified with compliance of BMW management rules. For example, out of all 35 States/UTs, health care facilitates (HCFs), only eight states received authorization as per BMW management rules. Moreover, the government strictly restricted the practice of deep burials; however, 23 States/UTs are still using the deep burial methods for BMW disposal. The present research suggests that those States/UTs generated on an average of 100 mt/month COVID-19 waste in the last 7 months (June–December 2020) should be considered as a high priority state. These states need special attention to implement BMW rules and should upgrade their BMW treatment capacity.

scholarly journals STUDY OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN DAVANGERE CITY OF KARNATAKA, INDIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 022-024
Author(s):  
S. Thirumala
Keyword(s):  
Medical Waste ◽  
Survey Result ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Research Article

AbstractThis research article is to survey the practice of biomedical waste such as collection, storage, transportation and disposal along with the amount of generated biomedical waste in various hospitals in Davangere city, and create awareness among the staff and patient about biomedical wastes. The survey result on biomedical waste generation, disposal and methods adopted in various hospitals of Davangere city are discussed.

scholarly journals Biomedical Waste Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VII) ◽  
pp. 2875-2888
Author(s):  
Gaurav Khandelwal
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Infectious Waste ◽  
The Government ◽  
Health Care Waste

Bio medical waste (BMW) disposal is a very important yet a challenging task. Health care waste contains potentially harmful microorganisms, which can infect hospital patients, health workers, and the general public. Exposure to hazardous health care waste can result in disease or injury. The Government of India has been laying down rules, namely, Bio Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, in 1998, COVID-19 pandemic and its consequent biomedical waste is an unprecedented challenge worldwide. Biomedical waste generated during COVID-19 patient isolation, testing and care needs special consideration as it challenges the previous notion that only 15–20% of waste can be considered infectious. With establishment of new home quarantine facility, isolation/quarantine centers the chances of general waste getting contaminated with biomedical waste has increased exponentially. The key step in COVID19 waste management is segregation of biomedical waste from solid waste. Waste generated from COVID19 patients is like any other infectious waste, therefore creating public awareness about the COVID19 waste hazards and segregation at source is highlighted in all guidelines as a recommendation.

Management of healthcare waste in circumstances of limited resources: a case study in the hospitals of Nablus city, Palestine

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issam A. Al-Khatib ◽  
Yousef S. Al-Qaroot ◽  
Mohammad S. Ali-Shtayeh
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Healthcare Waste ◽  
Healthcare Waste Management ◽  
Waste Generation Rate

The objectives of this study were the assessment of healthcare waste management and the characterization of healthcare waste material generated in the hospitals in Nablus city, Palestine, and furthermore, to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B among the cleaning personnel working in these hospitals. The medical waste generation rate in kg per bed per day was between 0.59 and 0.93 kg bed— 1 day—1. The waste generation rate in the healthcare facilities of Nablus city hospitals was similar to some other developing countries; however, the percentage of medical wastes in the total waste stream was comparatively high. The density of medical waste at the four hospitals studied ranged between 144.9 and 188.4 kg m— 3 with a mean value of 166.7 kg m—3. The waste segregation and handling practices were very poor. Other alternatives for waste treatment rather than incineration such as a locally made autoclave integrated with a shredder should be evaluated and implemented. The system of healthcare waste management in Nablus city is in need of immediate improvement and attention. Formulating rules and guidelines for medical waste and developing strategies for overcoming the obstacles related to waste management should be considered as an urgent matter.

scholarly journals Medical Waste Management: The Need For Effective Regulation of The Minister of Environment And Forestry In Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 281-288
Author(s):  
Ontran Sumantri Riyanto ◽  
Adi Purnomo ◽  
Yohana Kristiyaning Rahayu ◽  
Arif Wahyudi
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
Infectious Waste ◽  
The Government

Waste resulting from an activity or production is highly undesirable in human life because waste negatively impacts life, especially for human health. Hospitals are one of the institutions that produce considerable waste and can have a devastating impact on the environment. Because medical waste has the potential to cause problems for the environment as well as to human health. The most dangerous hospital waste is infectious medical waste. Experts and skilled should appropriately handle infectious waste in its management. This research is empirical legal research using a statutory, conceptual, and sociological approach. As well as conducting interviews and observations with the analysis used is qualitative descriptive analysis. It is expected that the management and management of the hospital can carry out the medical waste treatment by the regulations that have been published by the government, and the government must carry out strict supervision so that medical waste does not cause pollution to the environment.

scholarly journals Design of Medical Wastes Incinerator for Health Care Facilities in Akure

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
O. O. Olanrewaju ◽  
R. J. Fasinmirin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Composition Analysis ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Efficient Treatment ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Combustible Wastes ◽  
Child Hospital

Health Care Facilities (HCFs) are primarily saddled with the responsibilities of providing medical care, thus ensuring sound health of individuals. Tremendous efforts have been made by the government to ensure her availability in nooks and crannies of every community, which have resulted into improved medical services. However, among other environmental challenges confronting health care facilities in developing countries is Medical Waste generated in the course of carrying out their duties which is often ignored and in most instances treated as municipal or domestic solid waste. Effective management of medical waste requires keen planning, training and tracking throughout the waste generation, segregation, storage, collection, transportation, treatment and disposal processes. The fundamental information for selecting and designing the most efficient treatment method of medical waste is obtained by means of Waste Composition Analysis. Results from this study revealed that the daily waste generation rate of Ondo State Specialist Hospital Akure (OSSHA) and Mother and Child Hospital Akure (MCHA) was 124.5 kg/day. The hospitals’ waste consists of 81.6% combustible wastes and 18.4% non-combustible wastes by mass. The combustible wastes are paper (6.50%), textiles (14.34%), cardboard (3.88%), plastics (6.04%) and food waste (19.08%). Since the ratio of combustible medical waste is higher than non-combustible medical waste, incineration (thermal destruction) at elevated temperature under controlled operational condition is considered the best disposal option to detoxify the medical waste. In other to prevent the release of harmful gases from burnt medical waste through incinerator, a counter-current packed bed wet scrubber is designed which operates by impaction and absorption.

scholarly journals Risk of Covid-19 Transmission due to Domestic Biomedical Waste – A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 410-413
Author(s):  
Aneri Tank
Keyword(s):  
Medical Waste ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Hospital Waste ◽  
Surface Stability ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Past

Abstract: Biomedical waste is said to be a type of waste generated during treatment or diagnosis. Apart from hospitals, clinics, and laboratories it is generated domestically as well. Amount of Biomedical waste in household has increased significantly in the past year due to Covid-19 pandemic, People were effectively educated regarding usage of masks, face covers, PPEs and sanitizers, but were not acknowledged regarding waste generated and disposal methods due to usage of such disposable items in ample quantity. Awareness should be spread across regarding Covid-19 related medical waste generation and its ways of disposal. Waste which is contaminated with Covid-19 virus has certain hours on surface stability of it, due to which risk of contamination increases. Therefore, one must be always aware regarding advantages and disadvantages of the items they use, consume or throw away. Keywords: Biomedical Waste, Hospital Waste, Covid-19, domestic Biomedical waste, Municipal Waste

scholarly journals Analysis of medical waste management and impact analysis of COVID-19 on its generation in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2199680
Author(s):  
Wen-Tien Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
The Impact

Medical waste management in Taiwan is a crucial issue due to its highly environmental and human health risks. The main objectives of this paper were to analyse the status of medical waste generation and treatment in recent years, and also address the discussions on the impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on its generation in the first half of 2020. It showed that the reported quantities have slightly increased from 35,747 metric tonnes (Mt) in 2016 to 40,407 Mt in 2019, showing an average increase by 4.17%. This rate of increase was consistent with the hospital services. When classified by the reported codes, the C-type waste (infectious waste) accounted for about 89% of the reported quantities, which indicated an annual increase by 4.14% during the same period. In addition, the medical waste treatment in 2019 was mainly dependent on the commissioned treatment (80.18%), followed by the recycling (18.53%) and the self-treatment (1.29%). Furthermore, the impact of COVID-19 on the medical waste generation in Taiwan was not significant in the first half of 2020 compared to the data during the years of 2016–2019. It was indicated that the consistent trend was observed at the daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in Taiwan during this period. Obviously, the reduction in the hospital medical services during the COVID-19 outbreak should be offset by the increase in medical waste generation from the medical services. In order to try to ensure safe and complete destruction of the COVID-19 virus, all the waste generated from the healthcare facilities should be treated in the incineration plants.

Myths about COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 907-912
Author(s):  
Deepika Masurkar ◽  
Priyanka Jaiswal
Keyword(s):  
World Health ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Common People ◽  
The World ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Media ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
The Common ◽  
Health Organization

Recently at the end of 2019, a new disease was found in Wuhan, China. This disease was diagnosed to be caused by a new type of coronavirus and affected almost the whole world. Chinese researchers named this novel virus as 2019-nCov or Wuhan-coronavirus. However, to avoid misunderstanding the World Health Organization noises it as COVID-19 virus when interacting with the media COVID-19 is new globally as well as in India. This has disturbed peoples mind. There are various rumours about the coronavirus in Indian society which causes panic in peoples mind. It is the need of society to know myths and facts about coronavirus to reduce the panic and take the proper precautionary actions for our safety against the coronavirus. Thus this article aims to bust myths and present the facts to the common people. We need to verify myths spreading through social media and keep our self-ready with facts so that we can protect our self in a better way. People must prevent COVID 19 at a personal level. Appropriate action in individual communities and countries can benefit the entire world.

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