Hospital Waste Management Companies in India and their Demand Analysis
Growing demand for bio-waste management in India
Hospital waste management companies in India and their demand
Introduction: Hospital waste is one of the most hazardous wastes for humankind today. The waste from the ill or the infected person is affecting the lives of the healthy person. Vulnerability to this hazardous healthcare waste can lead to infection diseases and injury to the healthy individual. This is reasonable from the infectious agent, sharp objects used in surgery like needles and scalpel blades etc. that are not disposed of properly can lead to the transfer of the incurable disease like HIV and Hepatitis to the healthy person coming in contact with this waste. Not only this but also some hazardous toxics chemical and pharmaceutical waste also, endanger the lives of healthy people. For this above explanation treatment and disposal of the waste from the hospital is important.
What is hospital waste?
According to Bio-medical, waste Rules, 1998 of India Biomedical waste means any waste, which is generated during the diagnosis treatment or immunization of human being or animal or in research, activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biological.
In simple words, it means- any kind of waste which is created during a checkup, taking blood samples or any other sample for diagnosis process, treatment, vaccination on human or animal is said to be a hospital Waste.
Alternatively, even a more simple definition could be any waste product from the hospital is said to be hospital waste.
Hospital waste management (On the level of Hospital)
The waste from the hospital is safely separated by putting the trash material into various biohazard bags of yellow, red, blue and white in color. These bags are safely transported to industries where future the biohazard waste goes under the process of disposal. The biohazard bags with their waste material has been listed below.
Biohazard bags importance
There are biohazard bags of yellow, red, blue and white or transparent in color. Each color signifies which waste should be kept in which bag. Yellow color bags with the biohazard logo on it is used for dumping pathological waste, swab, cotton waste, placenta, post-operated body parts, gloves, mask. The Red the bag is used for syringe without needles. IV bottles, catheters, urine bag, gloves, intravenous tubes and sets. In Blue bags is for the broken contaminated glass medicine vials and metallic body implants. While the White bag that is transparent sharp waste like needles, scalpel blade, needle tip cutter, the burner is used to dispose of this waste.
Importance of hospital waste management Industries
After collection of the waste product from the hospital into different biohazard bags, this waste product goes through the process of disposal like incineration, chemical disinfection, wet and dry thermal treatment, microwave irradiation, land disposal, winterization process. Thus, the hospital waste management industries are important for the disposal of the waste product.
Increasing demand for Hospital waste management industries in INDIA
There is numerous reason for which the Hospital Management Industry is in demand few of them are a large combination of waste material, Environmental safety, the safety of human beings, the population of our country, Developing country and last but not the least the process of disposal of waste. Let us have a brief look at these subtopics.
A large variety of Waste Material: The source of waste material in the hospital are miscellaneous like waste from
Nursing homes, Hospitals, Clinics of the dentistry and general practitioner, Dispensaries, Medical research, Blood banks, vaccination center. Thus, this vast variety of waste needs to be disposed of safely without harming the environment and human life.
Environmental safety: We cannot imagine the word waste without thinking about pollution. Waste and pollution go hand in hand. However, in the case of Hospital waste, the safety measures should be followed to prevent the disastrous condition. In hospital waste, there are medical research waste and pharmaceutical waste which led to the exposure of the harmful gases to the environment. Hence the disposal should be safe to prevent the environment.
Human Safety: Yet another aspect is the safety of our fellow human beings. Obviously, in hospital waste, there are waste like needles, syringe, blades, scalpels if this is not disposed of properly then it may cause some physical injury to the people engaged in this work which will make them susceptible to an incurable disease like HIV and Hepatitis. And at the same way the chemical from the may led to pollution which will ultimately harm the living world.
Developing countries: India is one of the fastest developing country in world. And at same time India is the 2nd most populated country also. India approximately produces 550.9 tons of hospital waste every day time. And soon we will be the largest country to produce this waste. Thus ensuring the growth of the hospital management industry to flourish in India.
The process of waste management: This is the most important reason why we need more and more industry to dispose of waste. Because it is not possible to dispose of such a huge quantity of waste on a small scale. The process of disposal is too delicate if the waste is disposed of without the treatment then it could lead to many problems thus before disposal treatment of the waste is necessary hence it goes under the process like
Incineration: This process is used to reduce waste volume and weight. Waste products like halogenated plastics, silver salt, radioactive waste, and pressured gas container are not incinerated because of security reasons.
Chemical disinfection: Some chemicals are used for the process of disinfection in order to kill the harmful bacteria and virus on the surface.
Winterization: This is the most important process which involves mixing waste with cement and other substances before disposal this minimize the risk of the toxic substance contained in the biohazard.
Hospital Waste Management Companies in India
As India is of the developing country there are many hospital waste management companies.
• ASE&CO is biomedical waste management service is in Hyderabad
• Indian Society of Hospital Waste Management is located in Delhi.
• E-coli waste management is in Ahmedabad
• Biotic waste solution PVT. LTD in Delhi
• And many more industries are working for the betterment of India.
All Sources: Market Decipher Research Reports
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