Hospital Waste Management

1.Define biomedical waste. List the sources of biomedical waste. Discuss the role of personal protective devices while handling biomedical waste

2.A new extension unit of surgical ward at a hospital has started admitting in patients. What are the measures to be taken to protect the health of hospital waste handlers

1.Classification and disposal of biomedical waste in India

2.Health hazards of health-care waste

1.Appropriate management of health care waste is crucial component of environmental health protection

2.Biomedical waste items to be segregated and collected in ‘yellow’ bags

3.Segregation of biomedical waste using different colour codes

4.Categories of biomedical waste-2016

5.Incineration -the method of choice for the most hazardous health-care waste. Justify. List the following

6.Categorisation of Biomedical waste in India

7.Sharp wastes must be disposed in blue puncture proof containers. List the following

8.The kinds of biomedical waste disposed in BLUE/WHITE TRANSLUCENT containers

9.Biomedical wastes that SHOULD NOT be incinerated

10.Sources of health care wastes

11.Incineration and inertization

12.Biomedical waste management in a hospital set up

1.As per biomedical waste management rules in India all the following has be discarded in the yellow colored container

• 1) Urinary catheter
• 2) Intravenous tube
• 3) Discarded medicines
• 4) Human anatomical waste
• a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
• b) 1 and 2 are correct
• c) 1, 3 and 4 are correct
• d) 3 and 4 are correct

2.Assertion: Waste sharps are disposed in puncture proof, leak proof and tamper proof containers

• Reason: Waste sharps are a health hazard to health care workers
• a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
• b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
• c) A is true, R is false
• d) A is false, R is true