Biomedical waste management (BMW) is crucial for ensuring the safety of healthcare workers, patients, and the environment from hazardous materials generated in medical facilities. The key purposes of BMW include reducing waste volume, preventing misuse, and maintaining safety and hygiene. Responsibilities of nursing staff involve proper inventory management, appropriate segregation, and the safe disposal of biomedical waste.

1. BIOMEDICAL WASTE
MANAGEMENT

2. BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
o BMW Is generated from medical health care fucilities like
hospital,clinics,laboratoris, pharmaceutical companies and even houses.This
waste includes materials that may be contaminated with infections agents, sush
as blood,bodily fluids etc.Proper biomedical waste management is important to
protect healthcare workers,patients and the environment from exposure to
harmful pathogers.
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3. DISPOSAL OF BIOMEDICAL WASTE
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4. PURPOSES OF BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
 To render the waste non-hazardous or
 To reduce volume
 To prevent misuse or abuse
 To ensure occupational safety and health.
 To maintain aesthetic sorroundings.
 To reuse or recycle waste to the extent possible.
 Liquid waste needs chemical disinfection and dischange into drain.
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5. PROCESSING OF BIOMEDICAL
WASTE
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6. USES OF BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
It is used in
 Hospitals
 Clinics
 Research lab
 Veterinary clinics
 Other health care facilities
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7. NURSING RESPONSIBILITY
 To keep an inventory.
 To ensure that the waste are bag tightly closed or sealed when there are about C/4 full.
 To trained new nurses and medical assistand in good BMW handaling.
 Segregation of BMW.
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8. NURSING RESPONSIBILITY
 Disinfactand the reusable item.
 Discarded and incinerated infected materials.
 Supervision of segregation

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