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INTRODUCTION
Every year, an estimated 160,000,000 injections are administered worldwide, but not all of the needles are properly disposed of afterwards.
INTRODUCTION
Of the total amount of waste generated by health care activities, about 80% is general waste. The remaining 20% is considered hazardous material that may be infectious, toxic or radioactive.
MEDICAL WASTE
These are materials accumulated as a result
of patient diagnosis, treatment or
immunization of patients.
INFECTIOUS WASTE
This is the portion of medical waste that is in
contact with a patient who has infectious disease and it is capable of producing an
infectious disease.
INFECTIOUS WASTE
Infectious waste is material suspected to contain
pathogens (bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi) in
sufficient concentration or quantity to cause disease in
susceptible hosts.
INFECTIOUS WASTE
This category includes waste that is contaminated with blood or other body fluids, cultures and stocks of infectious
agents from laboratory work, waste from infected patients in isolation wards;
dressing , bandages and other materials contaminated with blood or other bodily
fluids which is infectious because it contains bacteria, viruses, parasites or
fungi.
Category No. 2: Animal Waste
Animal tissues, organs, body parts carcasses, bleeding parts, fluid, blood and experimental animals used in research, waste generated by veterinary hospitals colleges, discharge from hospitals, animal houses.
Category No 3: Microbiology& Biotechnology Waste
Wastes from laboratory cultures, stocks or specimens of microorganisms live or attenuated vaccines, human and animal cell culture used in research and infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes from production of biologicals, toxins, dishes and devices used for transfer of cultures.
Category No 4: Waste sharps
Needles, syringes, scalpels, blades, glass, etc. that may cause puncture and cuts. This includes both used and unused sharps.
Category No 5: Discarded Medicines and Cytotoxic drugs
(wastes comprising of outdated, contaminated and discarded medicines)
Category No 6: Solid Waste
(Items contaminated with blood, and body fluids including cotton, dressings, soiled plaster casts, lines, beddings, other material contaminated with blood)
Category No. 7: Solid Waste
Wastes generated from disposable items other than the waste [sharps] such as tubings, catheters, intravenous sets etc.
Category No. 8 Liquid Waste
Waste generated from laboratory and washing, cleaning, housekeeping and disinfecting activities.
Category No. 10 Chemical Waste
Chemicals used in production of biologicals, chemicals used In disinfection, as insecticides, etc.
Notes
Waste collection bags for waste types needing incineration shall not be made of chlorinated plastics.
Categories 8 and 10 (liquid) do not require containers/bags.
Category 3 if disinfected locally need not be put in containers/bags.