HOSPITAL MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Any unwanted residual material which cannot be discharged directly, or after suitable treatment can be discharged in the atmosphere or to a receiving water source, or used for landfill is waste. In recent century, the generation and processing of solid waste material has become an increasing environmental problem in most of the countries. Solid waste treatment prior to lanfilling reduces or even avoids environmental damage and recycling prior to waste treatment very important issue. Policy makers have recognized the benefits of recycling and are increasingly willing to foster it through new waste legislation and directives. Some of the waste types must be separated before contaminated with hazardous materials. Medical wastes are also good organised to reduce the amount of contaminated waste and save the recyclable waste. A modern hospitals are complex multidisciplinary system which consumes thousands of items for delivery of medical care and is part of physical environment. All products consumed in hospitals have some unusable left over. This wastes are great threat to ecological balance by polluting environment. Infectious waste are all those substances which cannot be re- sterilized or reused within or brought into patient care The dynamic environment has made solid waste planning more difficult and has highlighted the fact that the state solid waste management plan must also be a dynamic document. It is anticipated that the plan will need to be updated prior to the minimum mandate of every five years. The type and composition of the solid waste generated by individual states can vary greatly. This variation is a function of several factors including climatic conditions, population characteristics, type of industries and businesses located within the state, landownership, culture, and others. This research will describe the types and quantities of solid waste generated within hospital. Reliable estimates of the this waste being generated is a crucial component of any solid waste plan. These projections determine the expected life of facilities, future operation costs and revenues, and ultimately the selection of the integrated solid waste management system to be used.