Bio‐medical waste means any waste, which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biologicals, and including categories mentioned in Schedule I.
Classification of Bio‐Medical Waste
SOURCES OF BIO MEDICAL WASTE
- Hospitals
- Nursing homes
- Clinics
- Medical laboratories
- Blood banks
- Mortuaries
- Medical research & training centers
- Biotechnology institution/production units
- Animal houses
- Such a waste can also be generated at home if health care is being provided there to a patient (e.g. injection, dressing material )
CATEGORIES OF BIO‐MEDICAL WASTE
Option
Waste Category
Treatment & Disposal
Category No. I
Category No. 2
Human Anatomical Waste (human tissues, organs, body parts)
Animal Waste (animal tissues, organs, body parts carcasses, bleeding parts, fluid, blood and experimental animals used in research, waste generated by veterinary hospitals colleges, discharge from hospitals, animal houses)
Incineration/deep burial
incineration/deep burial
Category No 3
Microbiology & Biotechnology Waste (wastes from laboratory cultures, stocks or specimens of micro‐ organisms live or attenuated vaccines, human and animal cell culture used in research and infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes from production of biologicals, toxins, dishes and devices used for transfer of cultures)
local autoclaving/micro‐ waving/incineration
Category No 4
Waste sharps (needles, syringes, scalpels, blades, glass, etc. that may cause puncture and cuts. This includes both used and unused sharps)
Disinfection (chemical treatment/autoclavin g/microwaving and mutilation/shredding
Category No 5
Discarded Medicines and Cytotoxic drugs (wastes comprising of outdated, contaminated and discarded medicines)
incineration@/destruction and drugs disposal in secured landfills
Category No 6
Soiled Waste (Items contaminated with blood, and body fluids including cotton, dressings, soiled plaster casts, lines, beddings, other material contaminated with blood)
Incineration/ autoclaving/microwaving
Category No. 7
Solid Waste (wastes generated from disposable items other than the waste sharps such as tubings, catheters, intravenous sets etc).
disinfection by chemical treatment/autoclaving/ microwaving and mutilation/ shredding
Category No. 8
Solid Waste (wastes generated from disposable items other than the waste sharps such as tubings, catheters, intravenous sets etc).
disinfection by chemical treatment/autoclaving/ microwaving and mutilation/ shredding
Category No. 9
Incineration Ash (ash from incineration of any bio‐medical waste)
disposal in municipal landfill
Category No. 10
Chemical Waste (chemicals used in production of biologicals, chemicals used in disinfection, as insecticides, etc.)
Chemical discharge into drains for liquids and secured landfill for solids
