Biomedical Waste Disposal

 

Waste produced in the healthcare sector may in significant part be considered as hazardous waste. Biomedical Waste Disposal The health and environmental risks caused by this waste can be well defined and the conditions for its management can be clearly separated from those of the waste generated in other areas. The risks involved in the transportation of hazardous waste are large and the risk factor found in some materials (e.g. those that are infectious) increases daily. Suitably located and equipped waste disposal facilities can minimize the need to transport hazardous materials.Infectious waste is that which is suspected of containing pathogens (bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi) in a sufficiently large quantity or concentration to result in disease in susceptible hosts. Infectious materials containing dead tissue may conceal especially dangerous and/or communicable infectious agents. Such waste includes blood, body fluids, tissues, organs, body parts, human fetuses, and animal carcasses. A subcategory of pathological waste is anatomical waste, which consists of identifiable human or animal body parts, healthy or otherwise.

 

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