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Biomedical waste: Notifications sent to 50 Labs, Personal Clinics in Gurugram

Gurugram: As many as 50 health service facilities, including diagnostic laboratories and private clinics, in the city have been sent notice shows because they failed to get legal authorities to handle biomedical waste from the state pollution control agency Haryana (HSPCB), officials said.
A HSPCB official said the Board recently issued a final notice to 50 health care facilities in the city and told them to comply with the rules for managing biomedical waste, 2016, in a week, strict actions will begin against them.
“We have sent a notification of the show to a health service unit that has not received an objection certificate (NOC) to handle the rules for managing biomedical waste.
We have asked them to reply in seven days of failure which we will take the necessary actions against them,” said an official .
According to HSPCB data, the city has 583 health units.
Biomedical waste is waste produced in the diagnosis, care or immunization of humans or animals, in research or in production or testing biological products, including all categories of infected and toxic waste which are potential threats for humans and the environment.
Human and animal anatomy waste, solid waste, expiration drugs, mercury thermometers, chemical waste, body fluids, contaminated waste such as plastic bags, bottles, pipes and syringes used by all bio-medical waste.
According to biotic, the MCG concession for the management of biomedical waste in the city, Gurgaon produces around 7 tons of dangerous biomedical waste every day, including 1.5 tons of covid-19 waste, Vishesh Gaur said, biotic.
According to the rules, all health care facilities, regardless of the treatment method and the amount of biomedical waste, must look for authorization from HSPCB.
“Yes, there are many health care facilities that have no authorization to handle biomedical waste in the city,” he added.
According to the rules of managing biomedical waste, all health service units are setting a bar-code system for bags or containers that contain biomedical waste to be discarded.
In fact, all units should also maintain four color-coded trash cans (green, red, blue and black) for the scientific disposal of the biomedical waste through separation, collection and treatment to minimize the negative impact on health and environmental workers.
The ‘Yellow’ bin collects anatomical waste , ‘Blue’ bin collects surgical and needles, while the ‘red’ bin is for plastic, such as syringes and ivpack and ‘black’ bin for chemical waste.
“If health facilities are found to violate the norms, the action will be taken.
Inappropriate waste disposal increases the risk of infection in garbage collector, “said Dr.
Virender Yadav, the head of the medical officer.

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