Assessment of Biomedical Waste Management at Government Chest disease Hospital, Srinagar: A cross-sectional study.

Dr Ambrine Ashraf; Dr SM Salim Khan; Dr Yangchen Dolma

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

Assessment of Biomedical Waste Management at Government Chest disease Hospital, Srinagar: A cross-sectional study.

Dr Ambrine Ashraf, Dr Sm Salim Khan, Dr Yangchen Dolma

Abstract :

The study aimed to assess the compliance to latest waste management rules and regulations, the awareness among hospital personnel regarding bio–medical waste management, safety practices adopted by the health care personnel and to estimate the quantum of waste generated on daily basis. It was a descriptive cross–sectional study. Study material consisted of pre–designed semi–structured questionnaire and WHO rapid assessment tool. Observation of every section, record review and interview of Medical superintendent and randomly selected staff was done. The quantum of infectious waste generation was found to be 2kg /day Segregation was done in four colour coded bins.They use to pick up the waste manually on daily basis. The staff handling BMW uses only gloves as protective equipment. Specific color coding bucket (Black, Blue, Red and Yellow) for BMW waste management was available .The waste is collected from site of generation on daily basis . The final disposal is done by (Common Biomedical Waste treatment facility) daily. Lack of budget and logistics was an hindrance in the implementation of waste management. Majority of the respondent had awareness regarding disposal of BMW and infections spread by BMW mishandling.