Biomedical Waste Disposal Training and Assessment Android Application

Abstract

Biomedical waste has greatest risk to healthcare,
sanitation workers, waste handlers, scavengers, those
living in the vicinity of hospitals and the general
community. Thus, biomedical waste management has
emerged as an issue of major concern not only to clinics,
hospitals, nursing home authorities but also to the
environment.
The biomedical waste without proper sterilization
carries the risk of contracting acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Hepatitis B & C, severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), tetanus,
[1] psychosocial trauma etc.
There is a big network of Health Care Institutions in
India. So it is very essential to properly collect,
segregate, store, transport, treat and disposed off
hospital waste like body parts, organs, tissues, blood
and body fluids along with soiled linen, cotton, bandage
and plaster casts from infected and contaminated areas
in safe manner to prevent nosocomial or hospital
acquired infection. Expired drugs, cytotoxic material and
sharp biomedical waste add burden to problem.