Emerging need for bio-medical wastes management in hospitals

Medical care for everyone has become a necessity today. But the waste generated from the care provided in the hospitals and clinics has become a huge challenge for the people. Bio-medical wastes (BMW) represent a real problem for living nature and human world. Lack in proper management of medical wastes serves as a major threat to community, healthcare workers and to everyone. Huge quantities of medical wastes are generated from hospital and healthcare clinics every day around the world, which are considered to be potentially infectious and dangerous. Improper disposal of BMW leads to serious health complications. The present review article deals with the basic issues as definition, categories, problems relating to biomedical waste, procedure of handling, disposal method of Biomedical Waste Management and awareness of staffs on biomedical waste management. It also intends to create awareness amongst the personnel involved in health care unit. A questionnaire was prepared to evaluate the know-how, outlook and practices of employees towards waste management. The information gathered by questionnaires was verified by means of personal observations.