3. Application
• These rules shall apply to all persons who
generate
collect,receive,store,transport,treat,dispose or
handle biomedical waste in any from including
Hospitals ,health care
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9. Procedure for Handling Biomedical
Waste management
OBJECTIVES:
1) To prevent infection by maintaining good
hygiene and sanitation.
2) To protect the patient, patient attendants and all
health care personnel from avoidable exposure
to infection.
3) To prevent environmental pollution.
4) To manage waste in a clean, healthy, economical
and safe manner.
5) To minimize waste .
10. PROCESSES
BMW management -coordinated by GS
/HIC/HK
As per Tamilnadu pollution control board,
MMM has contract with M/s Ramky agencies
(licensed) for BMW
General waste is cleared by local (Ambattur)
Municipality,
11. • Biomedical waste generated is discarded with
the agency (RAMKAY) licensed by the TNPCB.
The hospital has a contract with the agency
that is updated at regular frequency. The
disposal of the waste by the agency is done at
Madhurathagam (outside the city).
15. Segregation
• BMW and general waste must not be mixed
• Color coding for waste containers used in
waste segregation
• Appropriate containers should be placed at all
locations where waste is likely to be generated
• Color of bins and lids should match
16. • Waste segregation is done at the source of the
waste generated.
• 4 coloured bags are placed at every point where
waste is generated.
• Posters are placed at the source point to guide
patients, patient attendants and health care
workers.
• It is then collected when 3/4th full and taken to
the pickup point.
• . General waste is collected by the local
municipality.
17. New Biomedical waste colour code
Category Type of waste
Yellow Human anatomical waste ,solid waste ,expired or discarded medicines
,chemical waste ,lab waste ,
Red Wastes generated from disposable items such as tubing, bottles
,intravenous tubes and sets, catheters ,urine bags, syringes(without
needles and fixed needle syringes) and vaccutainers with their
needles cut and gloves
White
(translucent)
Waste sharps including metals :
Needles, syringes with fixed needles, needles from needle tip cutter
or burner,scalpels,blades,or any other contaminated sharp object that
may cause puncture and cuts .This includes both used,discared and
contaminated metal sharp .
Blue a) Glass ware :broken or discarded and contaminated glass including
medicine vials and ampoules except those contaminated with
cytotoxic waste .
b) Metallic body implants .
Green General waste
23. • Reference :government of INDIA ministry of
environment ,forest and climate change
notification.
• Published in the Gazette of India
,Extraordinary, Part II ,Section 3,Sub-
section(i). New Delhi the 25th March 2016
27. • Mixing of hazardous results in to
contamination and makes the entire waste
hazardous. Hence, there is necessity to
segregate and treat. Improper disposal
increases risk of infection; encourages
recycling of prohibited disposables and
disposed drugs; and develops resistant
microorganisms.
28. • NON COMPLIANCE OF RULES
• Non Compliance of Rules In case of any non-
compliance of the Bio-Medical Waste (Management)
Rules, 2016, the occupier is liable for penalty for
contravention of the provisions of the Act and the
Rules, orders and directions as specified in Rule 15. of
the E(P)Act,1986 which states that “whosoever fails to
comply or contravenes any of the provisions of the Act
and the Rules, orders and directions be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five
years or with fine which may extend to one lakhs
rupees or both”
29. • NON COMPLIANCE OF RULES BY GOVT.
DEPARTMENTS
• In case of non-compliance by any Govt.
Departments, the Head of Department shall
be deemed to be guilty of the offence and
shall be liable to be proceeded against and
punished accordingly as specified in Rule 17.
of E(P)Act,1986
30. Karnataka hospitals face closure for
not treating waste
• Three well-known hospitals of Karnataka have
been served closure notices by the state
pollution control board (SPCB), for failing to
comply with the Bio-medical Waste
Management Rules. Victoria, Vani Vilas and
Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences
(KIMS) are the three hospitals that have been
served the notice. "The hospitals are not
disposing their waste in a scientific manner,"
says Upendra Tripathy, SPCB's chairperson.
