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The proper management of biomedical waste has become a worldwide humanitarian topic today. Although hazards of poor management of biomedical waste have aroused the concern world over, especially in the light of its far-reaching effects on human, health and the environment.
Now it is a well established fact that there are many adverse and harmful effects to the environment including human beings which are caused by the Hospital waste generated during the patient care. Hospital waste is a potential health hazard to the health care workers, public and flora and fauna of the area. The problems of the waste disposal in the hospitals and other health-care institutions have become issues of increasing concern.

According to Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 of India Any waste which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biological.

The Government of India (notification, 1998) specifies that Hospital Waste Management is a part of hospital hygiene and maintenance activities. This involves management of range of activities, which are mainly engineering functions, such as collection, transportation, operation or treatment of processing systems, and disposal of wastes.

One of Indias major achievements has been to change the attitudes of the operators of health care facilities to incorporate good HCW management practices in their daily operations and to purchase on-site waste management services from the private sector. (Bekir Onursal, 2003)

World Health Organization states that 85% of hospital wastes are actually non-hazardous, whereas 10% are infectious and 5% are non-infectious but they are included in hazardous wastes. About 15% to 35% of Hospital waste is regulated as infectious waste. This range is dependent on the total amount of waste generated (Glenn and Garwal, 1999).

Classification of Bio-Medical Waste

The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified medical waste into eight categories:

• General Waste
• Pathological
• Radioactive
• Chemical
• infectious to potentially infectious waste
• Sharps
• Pharmaceuticals
• Pressurized containers

Sources of Biomedical Waste

Hospitals produce waste, which is increasing over the years in its amount and type. The hospital waste, in addition to the risk for patients and personnel who handle them also posses a threat to public health and environment.

Major Sources

• Govt. hospitals/private hospitals/nursing homes/ dispensaries.
• Primary health centers.
• Medical colleges and research centers/ paramedic services.
• Veterinary colleges and animal research centers.
• Blood banks/mortuaries/autopsy centers.
• Biotechnology institutions.
• Production units.

Minor Sources

• Physicians/ dentists clinics
• Animal houses/slaughter houses.
• Blood donation camps.
• Vaccination centers.
• Acupuncturists/psychiatric clinics/cosmetic piercing.
• Institutions for disabled persons

Biomedical Waste Management Services

1. Waste collection
2. Segregation
3. Transportation and storage
4. Treatment & Disposal
5. Transport to final disposal site
6. Final disposal

• Syringes & injection devices
• Blades
• Contaminated glass & some plastics

Medicare Sharps Removal Service

Medicare are a licenced company to handle the safe removal and destruction of sharps from Healthcare facilities. This includes both re-usable SharpSmart containers together with disposable single use containers.

Disposal methods are based on the type of sharps waste included within the containing vessel. The common disposal options are:

• Destruction via Hammer Mill & Chemical De-contamination (Landfill)
• Destruction via Hammer Mill & Autoclaving (Landfill)
• Destruction via Incineration

Drug Company Handling

Medicare works with drug manufacturers to handle the destruction of recalled, overrun and expired pharmaceuticals. We also destroy manufacturing raw materials. We take a highly strategic and customized approach in providing efficient documentation for every client for complete confidence.Pharmaceutical waste is disposed of by high temperature incineration.

Alternate Therapy Options

Medicare also offers our secure handling and disposal processes to alternate medicine and beauty manufacturing to dispose of returned or over-run treatments and medicines.

Process

Medicare operates licensed high temperature incineration facilities in all 15 and more Units.

Medicare systems ensure secure transport and complete destruction of out-of-date products, manufacturing overruns, discontinued lines, out of specification products, raw material and production waste.

Contact us to discuss your specific requirements.

In India, there are a number of different disposal methods, yet most are harmful rather than helpful. If body fluids are present, the material needs to be incinerated or put into an autoclave. Although this is the proper method, most medical facilities fail to follow the regulations. It is often found that biomedical waste is put into the ocean, where it eventually washes up on shore, or in landfills due to improper sorting when in the medical facility. Improper disposal can lead to many diseases in animals as well as humans. For example, animals, such as cows in Pondicherry, India, are consuming the infected waste and eventually, these infections can be transported to humans through eating of the meat.

If customer have not much generated or generated waste (BMW/ Pharma) once in long period. We are (Medicare) offers secure handling and disposal processes according to HCE requirements as One time waste service.