Review on Medical Waste Management

Dr. Anupama Sharma; Rinka Juneja

doi:10.55524/ijirem.2022.9.1.101

Abstract

Medical wastewater is analysed in this chapter, along with prevalent causes, governing legislation, and recycling and storage methods. Medical waste legislation exists in many developed countries, yet, there is no guideline on something that may and could be categorised as infectious. Selecting medical waste has grown inefficient leading to a shortage of clarity, culminating in a growth in the amount of garbage that may be cleansed for infections, which itself is usually done by incineration. According to this study it identifying garbage as hazardous leads to greater production of the waste. More investigation is necessary, given the tendency of increasing medical waste output with growing world GDP, and greater medical professional education and accessible medical generated waste sorting are significant possibilities for reduction and composting in healthcare institutions, according the paper.

Keywords

Healthcare, MedicalWaste, InfectiounWaste Management, SeparateCollection.

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[Dr. Anupama Sharma, Rinka Juneja (2022), Review on Medical Waste Management, International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-9, Issue-1, Page No-473-476], (ISSN 2347 - 5552). www.ijirem.org