BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
About
Biomedical waste management includes the activities and actions required to manage medical waste from its generation to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of medical waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process.
Establishment & location of Bio-Medical Waste Department in HBCH & MPMMCC:
- Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (HBCH), Varanasi in 2018, Located at Ground floor, Near Raeen Basera
- Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre (MPMMCC), Varanasi in 2019, located at Ground Floor, Near Emergency Area.
Key Roles & Activities:
- Segregation of Hospital Bio-Medical Waste from the generation point in wards, ICU, OTs, OPDs.
- Biomedical waste is collected from all the areas of hospital once after proper segregation and thrice in day from areas like ICU, OTs, HDU and Chemotherapy wards.
- Weighing of the waste and maintenance of the record is done by BMW staff on daily basis and the documents are stored five years according to Bio-Medical Waste guideline 2016.
- The maximum storage time of the waste should be as less as possible and maximum 48 hours.
- The Pre-treatment of laboratory waste is done by autoclaving in BMWM Treatment section as per mandatory criteria of Bio-Medical Waste Guideline 2016.
- Handover the Bio-Medical Waste to CBWTF is done for the final Disposal and treatment of hospital biomedical waste.
- Hospital Bio-Medical Waste cell staffs also participate in annual health check-up. Regular Seminars and Training is conducted for the all health care workers regarding the Bio-Medical Waste Handling and Segregation.
- A total of 204,263 Kg Bio-Medical Waste was generated by the HBCH & MPMMCC hospital during the calendar year 2023 of which 107,511 Kg was Yellow waste 6,483 Kg was sharp waste, 15,071 Kg was Blue waste and 75,201 Kg was Red Waste.
- Bio-Medical Waste Management has a committee which meets twice in years.
