Biomedical waste management in Sonam Norbu Memorial Govt. District Hospital Leh-Ladakh
Sonam Angmo and Raj Kumar Rampal
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu Jammu- (J&K)
Abstract
In present study attempt has been made to assess generation and management of biomedical waste at Sonam Norbu Memorial Govt. District Hospital Leh-Ladakh. The study revealed that in the hospital 267.7 g per bed per day of BMW is generated and hospital has adopted Biomedical waste management rule 2016 partially because so far as collection of Biomedical waste is concerned hospital is using four colour dust bins in all the wards, blood bank, laboratory and OPD whereas after collection the disposal of biomedical waste is not done as per BMW rule 2016.
Biomedical waste, collection, management dust bins
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Received: 15.06.2017
Revised:29.07.2017
Accepted: 13.08.2017
First Online: 21.12. 2017
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