Hospital Waste Management

The proper hospital waste management system can help the control diseases can reduce community exposure to resistant bacteria, and could reduce HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis transmission from dirty needles and other improperly cleaned or disposed medical items. Regarding the environmental issues, a correct and sustainable management system of hospital waste will avoid the negative long term health effects, from the environmental release of toxic substances such as dioxin, mercury and others. From both volume and toxicity perspectives, the use of plastics in society is a focus of waste management concern. In the past, medical waste was often mixed with household waste and disposed of in municipal solid waste landfills. In recent years, increased public concerns over the improper disposal of hospital waste have led to a movement to regulate the waste more systematically and stringently by the Indian Government.