The risk of medical waste has increased in the Covid-19 outbreak
Covid-19 outbreak: On the One hand, the outbreak of Covid-19 is on the other hand, the medical waste that is coming out everyday is becoming a problem for India.
During this time such wastage has increased. At the same time, the problem has also increased due to its not being properly disposed.
The rescue of Covid-19 outbreak
With the hope of the vaccine coming to the rescue of Covid-19, a pandemic caused by the Corona virus, the belief in the entire human civilization has arisen in the mind that the ultimate victory will be ours, not that of a dangerous virus.
But there are some problems that seem to be hindering the way of this hope, but it is also expected that our attitude towards those problems remained the same, after that Covid-19, another epidemic was created to increase the difficulty of the world.
It will be done. This problem is of medical waste. This problem was already present in our country, but it has seen increasing in the era of Corona.
Recently, there have been reports of presence of corona rescue kits and other medical items in the garbage heap in the garbage dump everywhere in Delhi.
In view of this, doctors have also feared that due to the rapid spread of Corona virus in Delhi, the proper disposal of biomedical waste of Covid patients may not be there, but the problem is not the waste associated with Covid alone.
In this case, complaints have been made for years that biomedical waste is not properly disposed of even in private pathology labs and large hospitals.
Everyone is defying the law of Covid-19 outbreak
By the way, there are clear guidelines for disposal of all types of medical waste coming out of hospitals. If People follow rules and Regulations are to be Taken Medical Management and Handling Act 1998 provides a mechanism for this.
According to this, there is no disturbance in the disposal of medical waste, for this, it is necessary that the bags in which they are closed after proper sorting of the medical waste should be bar-coded.
This can make online monitoring of medical waste coming out of each hospital possible. Despite this, this waste is often found in open-ended garbage shops, river channels and even fields.
The law provides for jail and fines of up to five years for such negligence, but it is seldom heard that a major hospital or path lab operator has been jailed for this.
In the last two-three decades, the number of private and government hospitals, non-homes and path labs has increased manifold in every corner of the country including Delhi-NCR. From this, it can be estimated that the amount of medical waste may have increased during this period.
In order to ensure proper disposal of medical waste, the first rule is to sort such waste according to the standards and lock it in a plastic bag of the prescribed color. For example, in a yellow bag, surgery involves chopping off body parts, lab samples, linen cotton swabs and bandages. To eliminate this waste, staff burns it.
The red colored bags carry gloves and catheters etc. used during the treatment and this waste is burnt by eliminating infection with a device called Autoclave.
In a blue bag, medicine cans, injection needles, glass pieces or plastic bags with knives are placed and after treating them with chemicals, the waste is either burnt or buried inside the soil. Similarly, harmful and waste medicines, pesticides etc. are kept in black bags. Filling ashes in it, presses the bag into the soil.
Most medical waste is disinfected using thermal autoclaves. In addition, there are instructions to eliminate germs from bleaching powder and ethylene oxide. Medical waste is also provide to be eradicated with ultraviolet rays if necessary.
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