Biomedical Waste Management System for Mandya City

Bio medical waste management (BMW) has become an important issue as it poses potential health risks and damage to the environment. Bio medical waste (BMW) if not handled in a proper way, is a potent source of diseases like HIV, Hepatitis B& C and other bacterial diseases causing serious threat to human health so prime attention needed for its safe and proper disposal. Bio-medical waste includes all the wastes generated from hospitals, medical centers, healthcare establishment and research facilities in diagnosis, treatment, immunization and associated research. This paper looks upon the aspects and step-by-step approach for establishing BMW System for Mandya city. Mandya is the smallest district in Karnataka according to 2011 census the population of the Mandya district is 18, 05, 769 and the population of Mandya city is 1, 37, 368. The project Study includes probing the practices of managing Bio-medical Waste, to quantitatively and qualitatively assessing the rate of generation of bio medical waste, to determine the level of awareness on waste management, and to propose suitable suggestions for an effective management. The study will be carried out in hospitals, clinics and laboratories falling under the Mandya city limits. The study proposes a common bio medical waste management system for the city and estimates the cost for the same.