National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Biomedical Waste (BMW) generated in health care facilities is a potential threat for the personnel handling them. Utmost precaution needs to be taken by healthcare workers (HCW) who handle them. In India the amount of BMW generated in a hospital ranges between 0.5-2kg/bed/day. According to WHO, 85% of the BMW generated in hospitals is non- hazardous; 10% is infectious and 5% is non- infectious but according to Glenn et al, the infectious waste in the developing countries may be as high as 35 % depending on the amount of waste that is being generated. Healthcare personnel who handle and transport BMW are usually unskilled and uneducated housekeeping staff with little or no knowledge about segregation and disposal of biomedical waste. Hence the study aims at the training of healthcare personnel who handle BMW and to evaluate the outcome of the training. The outcome has surprised and the results obtained after training were plotted.
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