2017•Environment Conservation JournalOpen access

Biomedical waste management in Sonam Norbu Memorial Govt. District Hospital Leh-Ladakh

Sonam Angmo, Raj Kumar Rampal

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In present study attempt has been made to assess generation and management of biomedical waste at Sonam Norbu Memorial Govt. District Hospital Leh-Ladakh. The study revealed that in the hospital 267.7 g per bed per day of BMW is generated and hospital has adopted Biomedical waste management rule 2016 partially because so far as collection of Biomedical waste is concerned hospital is using four colour dust bins in all the wards, blood bank, laboratory and OPD whereas after collection the disposal of biomedical waste is not done as per BMW rule 2016.

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Key concepts: Biomedical waste, Medicine, Geography, Health care, Political science, Law