BLUE IS GONE !!
RED IS ON !!!
Human G Glassware:
anatomical waste Broken or
Chemo drugs Contaminated Waste sharps discarded
Soiled waste Plastic Waste including and
General Expired or contaminated
(Recyclable) Metals
waste Discarded glass including
Medicines, soiled medicine vials
linen and ampoules
ssware:
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SCHEDULE I : YELLOW CATEGORY: SOILED WASTE
(a)Human Anatomical Waste: Human tissues, organs,
body parts and fetus
(b)Animal Anatomical Waste :
(c)Soiled Waste: Items contaminated with blood, body
fluids like dressings, plaster casts, cotton swabs and bags
containing residual or discarded blood
Incineration or Plasma Pyrolysis or deep burial
(d) Expired or (d) CYTOTOXIC DRUGS:
Discarded Medicines including all items
including antibiotics DRUGS contaminated with
cytotoxic drugs along
with glass or plastic ampoules,
vials etc.
Common bio-medical waste
treatment facility: Incineration
LABORATORY WASTES & LINEN
Microbiology, Biotechnology
and other clinical laboratory
waste: Laboratory cultures,
stocks or specimens of
microorganisms
Pre-treat to sterilize with LINEN: linen, mattresses,
nonchlorinated chemicals contaminated with blood
on-site as per NACO or or body fluid.
World Health Organization
CHEMICAL & LIQUID WASTES
(g) Chemical Waste: Yellow coloured Disposed of by incineration or
Discarded disinfectants containers or Plasma Pyrolysis or
non-chlorinated Encapsulation in hazardous
plastic bags waste treatment, storage and
disposal facility.
(h) Chemical Liquid Separate
Waste :discarded Collection system
Formalin, liquid from leading to effluent
laboratories and floor treatment system
washings, cleaning, etc.
SCHEDULE 1- RED CATEGORY: PLASTICS
RECYCLEBLE WASTE
(a) Wastes generated from
Red coloured
tubing, bottles, intravenous
non-chlorinated
tubes and sets, catheters,
plastic bags or
urine bags, syringes (without
containers
needles and fixed needle
syringes) and gloves
catheters, urine bags,
syringes (without needles
and fixed needle syringes)
and gloves
Autoclaving or micro-waving/hydroclaving
followed by shredding or mutilation
SHARP CONTAINERS
Puncture proof, Tamper proof, Leak proof containers!!
SCHEDULE 1- WHITE
Waste sharps
Including Metals:
Needles, syringes with fixed
needles, needles from needle tip
cutter or burner, scalpels,
blades,
This includes both used,
discarded and contaminated
metal sharps
Autoclaving or Dry Heat Sterilization
followed by shredding or mutilation
SCHEDULE 1- CATEGORIES AND THEIR SEGREGATION, COLLECTION, TREATMENT,
PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL OPTIONS
Glassware:
Broken or discarded and
contaminated glass
including medicine vials and
ampoules except those
contaminated with
cytotoxic wastes & Metallic
Body Implants
Disinfection (by soaking the washed
glass waste after cleaning with
detergent and Sodium Hypochlorite
treatment) or through autoclaving or
microwaving or hydro claving and then
sent for recycling.
GENERAL WASTE IN BLACK
YELLOW has blood, drugs and tissues dead,
Plastics;tubes and syringe now go in RED,
Sharps in Containers lockable & white,
Black is for garbage; BMW not by right,
Card boards shall carry bottles and Glasses,
All we need, are a few more classes!!
