Kumar A, Duggal S, Gur R, Rongpharpi S R, Sagar S, Rani M, Dhayal D, Khanijo C M
Department of Microbiology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Rohini, Delhi - 110 085, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2015 Jul-Sep;33(3):383-6. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.158559.
The chances of health care waste (Biomedical waste) coming in contact with the health care workers, patients, visitors, sanitary workers, waste handlers, public, rag pickers and animals during transportation are high.
The study was conducted over a period of seven months (April 2013-October 2013) in a 500-bedded hospital where the average quantum of biomedical waste is 0.8 kg/bed/day. The issues related to transportation of health care waste from 39 generation sites to the health care waste storage site inside the hospital (intramural transfer) were addressed and analysed in a predesigned proforma.
The biomedical waste management team inspected the generation sites in the hospital on a daily basis and conformance to the procedures was checked. It was found that waste was collected at scheduled timings in 99.6% occasions; however, compliance to wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) was poor and ranged from 1.22-1.84%.
Transportation of health care waste is a crucial step in its management. Regular training program for all the sections of health care workers with special emphasis on waste handlers is needed.
医疗保健废弃物（生物医学废弃物）在运输过程中与医护人员、患者、访客、卫生工作者、废弃物处理人员、公众、拾荒者和动物接触的可能性很高。
该研究在一家拥有500张床位的医院进行，为期七个月（2013年4月至2013年10月），该医院生物医学废弃物的平均产生量为0.8千克/床/天。使用预先设计的表格，对从39个产生地点到医院内医疗保健废弃物储存地点的运输（院内转移）相关问题进行了处理和分析。
生物医学废弃物管理团队每天对医院内的产生地点进行检查，并检查程序的合规情况。结果发现，在99.6%的情况下，废弃物是在预定时间收集的；然而，个人防护装备（PPE）的佩戴合规情况较差，范围在1.22%至1.84%之间。
医疗保健废弃物的运输是其管理中的关键步骤。需要为所有医护人员部门开展定期培训计划，特别强调废弃物处理人员。
