Waste management 

or  waste - Infectious, including human, animal and

disposal  are all the activities and organic waste contaminated with
actions required to manage waste pathogens.
from its inception to its final - Non-infectious, such as toxic chemicals,
disposal.” cyto toxic and radioactive, flammable and
 Collection explosives
 Transport - Each hospital should have a program
 Treatment management of infectious waste that
 Disposal provides:
 Monitoring - description of waste considered infectious,
 Regulation - separation from the rest,
Types of Waste - packaging,
 Non-hazardous/general - storage,
waste (75-90%) - treatment,
 Hazardous (10-25%) - disposal
Generally, there are four major - measures for emergency situations, and
types of medical waste. - staff training.
What are they and how are they - Process of Treatment of Waste:
handled? - Generation:
 General Medical Waste. - Non – Hazardous Waste :
 Infectious Medical Waste. - Offices, Kitchens, Administration, Store
 Hazardous Medical Waste. rooms and Rest rooms etc
 Radioactive Medical - Hazardous Waste:
Waste. - Wards, Dressing rooms, OTs, ICU and
 Classification of Waste: Laboratory etc ; Hospital itself.
 General - Segregation:
 Pathological - Put in separate colored bags and
 Sharps containers.
 Infectious - 3. Collection of Waste:
 Chemical - Sanitation staff.
 Radio-active - Waste is collected 2 times a day.
 Pharmaceutical - Documentation.
 Pressurized containers - Garbage bins Cleaned and disinfected.
- Transportation:
- General waste Municipal dumps
- Hazardous waste Incineration plant
- Treatment:
- Incineration:
“The destruction of something, especially waste
material, by burning.”