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role and responsibility in the complete eradication of the pandemic situation due to
COVID-19 through following the guidelines given by CPCB and BMW management
system rules to protect our environment and community health. Thus, to eradicate
this deadly infectious risk, designing of efficient treatment strategy, policy reforms,
proper assessment of waste generation and segregation, waste mapping, financial
arrangement, hospital-based waste management plan and upgrading of existing facilities has to be strongly recommended by government, implemented as an urgent
requirement and practiced every day in all the healthcare units to improve the public
health. In addition, training programs and awareness campaigns to the healthcare
workers can inculcate the knowledge on the need for the management of biomedical
wastes and responsibility of every citizen in controlling the infectious disease.
New strategies can formulate systematic methodologies to collect the biomedical
wastes from sources, segregate, treat and dispose. Research pertaining to the alternative disposal methods other than PVC products can be encouraged. Awareness
and training program has to be given to the healthcare professionals and sanitation workers on how to handle bio-wastes, segregate and transport from sources to
common disposal sites. In future, different strategies involving minimization of biowastes through reuse, reduction and recycling must be enhanced in BMW management systems. Significance of control and prevention of infectious diseases (COVID19) through proper usage of PPE equipment, social distancing and quarantine will
certainly benefit in the eradication of health risks in human and environmental
pollution.
References
1. Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 (G.S.R. 343(E), S.O. 630 (E))
dated 20 July, 1998 published by the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of
Environment and Forests
2. Mohammed NS, Sandeep S (2019) Global biomedical waste management issues and practices.
Int J Innov Technol Explor Eng 8(9S):2278–3075
3. Jang YC (2011) Infectious/medical/hospital waste: general characteristics. Encyclopedia of
environmental health, pp 661–665
4. Sanjukta B, Sourav B, Chinmay C (2019) IoT-based smart transportation system under realtime environment. IET: big data-enabled internet of things: challenges and opportunities (Ch.
16), pp 353–373. ISBN 978-1-78561-637-2
5. Nitika Pallavi L, Sidharth SM, Swagata M (2017) A country level situational analysis of
biomedical waste management: evidence from DLHS-4. J Clin Diagn Res 11(12):LC01-LC04
6. Datta P, Mohi G, Chander J (2018) Biomedical waste management in India: critical appraisal.
J Lab Physicians 10(1):6
7. Lalit G, Emeka C, Nasser N, Chinmay C, Garg G (2020) Anonymity preserving IoT-based
COVID-19 and other infectious disease contact tracing model. IEEE Access. https://doi.org/
10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3020513
8. Shinee E, Gomobojav E, Nishimura A, Hamajima N, Ito K (2008) Healthcare waste
management in the capital city of Mongolia. Waste Manag 28:435–441
9. Hassan MM, Ahmed SA, Rahman KA, Biswas TK (2008) Pattern of medical waste
management: existing scenario in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 8:36
J. R. S. Selvan Christyraj et al.
role and responsibility in the complete eradication of the pandemic situation due to
COVID-19 through following the guidelines given by CPCB and BMW management
system rules to protect our environment and community health. Thus, to eradicate
this deadly infectious risk, designing of efficient treatment strategy, policy reforms,
proper assessment of waste generation and segregation, waste mapping, financial
arrangement, hospital-based waste management plan and upgrading of existing facilities has to be strongly recommended by government, implemented as an urgent
requirement and practiced every day in all the healthcare units to improve the public
health. In addition, training programs and awareness campaigns to the healthcare
workers can inculcate the knowledge on the need for the management of biomedical
wastes and responsibility of every citizen in controlling the infectious disease.
New strategies can formulate systematic methodologies to collect the biomedical
wastes from sources, segregate, treat and dispose. Research pertaining to the alternative disposal methods other than PVC products can be encouraged. Awareness
and training program has to be given to the healthcare professionals and sanitation workers on how to handle bio-wastes, segregate and transport from sources to
common disposal sites. In future, different strategies involving minimization of biowastes through reuse, reduction and recycling must be enhanced in BMW management systems. Significance of control and prevention of infectious diseases (COVID19) through proper usage of PPE equipment, social distancing and quarantine will
certainly benefit in the eradication of health risks in human and environmental
pollution.
References
1. Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 (G.S.R. 343(E), S.O. 630 (E))
dated 20 July, 1998 published by the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of
Environment and Forests
2. Mohammed NS, Sandeep S (2019) Global biomedical waste management issues and practices.
Int J Innov Technol Explor Eng 8(9S):2278–3075
3. Jang YC (2011) Infectious/medical/hospital waste: general characteristics. Encyclopedia of
environmental health, pp 661–665
4. Sanjukta B, Sourav B, Chinmay C (2019) IoT-based smart transportation system under realtime environment. IET: big data-enabled internet of things: challenges and opportunities (Ch.
16), pp 353–373. ISBN 978-1-78561-637-2
5. Nitika Pallavi L, Sidharth SM, Swagata M (2017) A country level situational analysis of
biomedical waste management: evidence from DLHS-4. J Clin Diagn Res 11(12):LC01-LC04
6. Datta P, Mohi G, Chander J (2018) Biomedical waste management in India: critical appraisal.
J Lab Physicians 10(1):6
7. Lalit G, Emeka C, Nasser N, Chinmay C, Garg G (2020) Anonymity preserving IoT-based
COVID-19 and other infectious disease contact tracing model. IEEE Access. https://doi.org/
10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3020513
8. Shinee E, Gomobojav E, Nishimura A, Hamajima N, Ito K (2008) Healthcare waste
management in the capital city of Mongolia. Waste Manag 28:435–441
9. Hassan MM, Ahmed SA, Rahman KA, Biswas TK (2008) Pattern of medical waste
management: existing scenario in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 8:36