Chand Sharad, Shastry C S, Hiremath Shivakumar, Joel Juno J, Krishnabhat C H, Mateti Uday Venkat
Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Paneer, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, India.
Nitte (Deemed to be University), Justice K. S. Hegde Charitable Hospital, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, 575018, India.
Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021 Jul-Sep;11:100715. doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100715. Epub 2021 Mar 12.
Biomedical waste poses various health and environmental hazards. Hence, it should be handled with the utmost care and disposed off safely. Several lacunas exist in the management of biomedical waste in India, and the pandemic posed by the coronavirus has made it even more challenging. The sudden outbreak of the virus led to an exponential rise in the quantity of biomedical waste. Furthermore, the poor infrastructure and lack of human resources have aggravated this situation. To combat this serious problem in a timely manner, the government has formulated various standard operating procedures and has amended the existing rules and guidelines.
生物医疗废物会造成各种健康和环境危害。因此,必须极其小心地处理,并安全处置。印度在生物医疗废物管理方面存在若干漏洞,而新冠病毒引发的疫情使其更具挑战性。病毒的突然爆发导致生物医疗废物数量呈指数级增长。此外,基础设施薄弱和人力资源匮乏加剧了这种情况。为及时应对这一严重问题,政府制定了各种标准操作程序,并修订了现行规则和指南。