5. What is meant by bio-medical waste? Why special precautions are necessary to dispose
such wastes?
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Explanation:
Biomedical Waste is any kind of waste containing infectious materials .Biomedical Waste is generated from biological and medical sources and activities such as prevention for treatment of disease .
all bodily Fluids like blood ,saliva,semen etc....any items contaminated with body Fluids like bandages ,dressings ,gauze pads and compresses ;contaminated bedding gloves and sharp items ,such as syringes and scalpel blades.
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The biomedical wastes are those wastes which are produces from the hospital's .This types of wastes contains a several numbers of harmful or bio degradable or sometimes non - bio degradable wastes ✓ .The wastes mainly produces from the prevention of diseases activities, And others biological and medical activities✓ .
And some of the bio- degradable wastes which are produces front the hospital are bandages,cotton ,body fluids,etc. This all are bio- degradable which get degraded easily and within less interval of times but Those which are non - biodegradable they are harmful for the environment cuz they may produce harmful gaseous or polute our environment as their mass remaid as solid as they dont get decompose . Some of the examples of non-biodegradable wastes are plastic syringe ,needle ,And some others toxic gaseous or other toxic wastes ✓
All the bio-medical wastes are very harmful cuz disease containment wastes can spread desease among the fresh livings ✓
1) Those wastes are very harmful for the fresh living because they may spread disease among all others
2) Bio -medical wastes cause a lot of intolerable smell so they must be thrown to some place which is away from human contact ✓