Assessment of bio-medical waste management in three apex
government hospitals of Agra
Shalini Sharma* and S.V.S.Chauhan
Department of Botany, School
of Life Sciences, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra -
282 002, India
(Received: May 12, 2006
; Revised received: May 4, 2007;
Accepted: July 16, 2007)
Abstract: Waste
management practices in three apex government hospitals of Agra
viz., Sarojini
Naidu Medical College,
Lady Lyall Maternity
Hospital and District Hospital
were studied during January, 2004-January, 2005. Data were collected with the
help of (i) personal observations of the waste
treatment and disposal practices and (ii) assessment of knowledge, attitude and
practices of working personnel with the help of questionnaires. The results
obtained indicated lack of knowledge and awareness regarding legislations on
bio-medical waste management even among qualified hospital personnel. None of
these hospitals were equipped with higher technological options e.g.
incinerator, autoclave, microwave and had no facilities to treat the liquid
waste generated inside the hospital. It is concluded that generation and
implementation of a waste management policy, institutional/organizational set
up, training and motivation must be given paramount importance to meet the
current needs and standards of bio-medical waste management in these hospitals.
Key words: Biomedical
waste, Incinerator, Autoclave, Microwave
PDF of full length paper is available with author (shalini.pandit@rediffmail.com)
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