Himanshu Joshi1, Gururaja MP1, Deepti Joshi2, Shreedevi B3 1NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, Deralakhatte, Mangalore-575018, Karnataka, India. 2Expert College, Kodialbail, Mangalore-575003, Karnataka, India. 3KVG Institute of Dental Sciences, Kurunjibag, Sullia, DK-574 327, Karnataka, India. REVIEW ARTICLE Article history Received: 3 August 2014 Revised: 19 August 2014 Accepted: 20 August 2014 Early view: 30 August 2014 *Author for correspondence E-mail: [email protected] Mobile/Tel: +369. ABSTRACT The biomedical waste is the waste that comes from hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, dispensaries, veterinary institutions, animal houses, pathology labs, blood banks etc. Which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment or in research activities in the form of animal waste, laboratory waste, human anatomical waste, blood fluids and sharps.
Tv duga program. Unlike other waste this waste is biohazardous, infectious and pathological in nature, which not only encourages the growth of various pathogens and vectors but also contaminates the non hazardous and non toxic waste, Hence, its handling and disposal becomes an important issue. After the year 1980 the hospital waste was considered as a serious issue, especially HIV and Hepatitis B infected materials which can be a potential risk factor to other patients. This concept of biomedical waste management is new in India; it came into limelight recently after the notification of Bio Medical Waste (BMW) (Management and Handling) Rules 1998. The present paper highlights the various issues concerned with the biomedical waste and the latest updates, with an objective to create awareness regarding the handling and management of biomedical waste among biomedical researchers.
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Keywords:Pigments, citrinin, biomedical waste, handling and disposal, waste management. INTRODUCTION Bio-medical waste is hazardous and toxic in nature because of its high potential of transmission of diseases not only for the rag pickers and waste workers but also for the general public. Bio-medical waste constitutes an estimated 1.5 to 2 per cent of municipal waste in the urban areas of which around three fourths of waste is non hazardous and non toxic and there is a need to segregate the rest hazardous and toxic waste at the source itself (Times of India, 2014).