TREATMENT OF MEDICAL AND MEDITEX WASTE

In the current scenario when there is a high demand for personal protective equipment (PPE), many manufacturers have come up to fulfill the needs of the nation during this pandemic “COVID-19”.

- URVI GOSAR

The main problem after this pandemic would be the accumulation of huge medical waste which can be hazardous to the environment and living creatures. Another question will be how would medical centers, hospitals, and clinics deal with this medical wastage which will be in tons and tons. And with such huge and massive amounts of hazardous wastes produced by hospitals will need effective and safe ways to dispose of.

The world health organization (WHO) have stated some guidelines for the ways to treat with medical waste which are as follows:

Handling

Hospital staff who handles waste have very high responsibility. Hospital staff who handles waste should always be cautious for their safety because after a certain amount of time when developing routine they become less cautious which may affect their safety and may get an infection or get contamination injury. Staff members handling medical wastage should be trained from time to time which will help as a reminder and refresh their minds and also learn handling techniques, amount of risk contained and information about process dealing with accidents, spillage, how to use protective clothing to avoid risk. Correct waste handling. Should be demonstrated to other staff members too.

Storage