Environmental Sciences, asked by skrishan5968, 3 months ago

how is biomedical waste disposed ​

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Answered by cmathur940
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Biomedical waste is often incinerated. An efficient incinerator will destroy pathogens and sharps. ... An autoclave may also be used to treat biomedical waste. An autoclave uses steam and pressure to sterilize the waste or reduce its microbiological load to a level at which it may be safely disposed of.

Answered by misscutie94
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  • How is biomedical waste disposed?

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  • Waste should be collected and segregated at the site of generation itself. Segregation of the waste denotes separation of waste into various specified categories as per its nature. It aims to keep the harmful and infected material separate from the harmless and no contagious waste. It also helps in the appropriate disposal of a particular waste type. Briefly, segregation of the hospitals waste is the key to ensure that most of the hospital waste that is no infectious in nature is treated easily at an economical cost. For this purpose use of specifically colored waste containers and non - chlorinated plastic bags is mandatory.
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