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Annexure 21
Bio Medical Waste Management
Categories of Bio-Medical Waste-
There are 10 categories of the bio medical waste which
as tabulated as below-
Option
Treatment & Disposal
Waste Category
Cat. No. 1 Incineration /deep burial
Human Anatomical Waste (human tissues,
organs, body parts)
Cat. No. 2 Incineration /deep burial
Animal Waste Animal tissues, organs,
Body parts carcasses, bleeding parts, fluid,
blood and experimental animals used in
research,
waste
generated
by
veterinary hospitals / colleges, discharge
from hospitals, animal houses)
Cat. No. 3 Local autoclaving/ micro waving/
incineration
Microbiology & Biotechnology waste
(wastes from laboratory cultures, stocks or
specimens of micro-organisms live or
attenuated vaccines, human and animal
cell culture used in research and
infectious agents from research and
industrial laboratories, wastes from
production of biological, toxins, dishes and
devices used for transfer of cultures)
Cat. No. 4 Disinfections
(chemical
treatment /autoclaving/micro
waving and mutilation shredding
Waste Sharps (needles, syringes, scalpels
blades, glass etc. that may cause puncture
and cuts. This includes both used &
unused sharps)
Cat. No. 5 Incineration / destruction & drugs
disposal in secured landfills
Discarded Medicines and Cytotoxic drugs
(wastes
comprising
of
outdated,
contaminated and discarded medicines)
Cat. No. 6 Incineration , autoclaving/micro
waving
Solid Waste (Items contaminated with
blood and body fluids including cotton,
dressings,
soiled
plaster
casts,
line beddings, other material contaminated
with blood)
Cat. No. 7 Disinfections
by
chemical
treatment autoclaving/micro
waving& mutilation shredding.
Solid Waste (waste generated from
disposable items other than the waste
sharps such as tubing, catheters,
intravenous sets etc.)
Cat. No. 8 Disinfections
by
chemical
treatment and discharge into
drain
Liquid Waste (waste generated from
laboratory & washing, cleaning , house-
keeping and disinfecting activities)
Cat. No. 9 Disposal in municipal landfill
Incineration Ash (ash from incineration of
any bio-medical waste)
Cat. No. 10 Chemical
treatment &
discharge into drain for liquid &
secured landfill for solids
Chemical Waste (chemicals used in
production of biological, chemicals, used in
disinfect ion, as insecticides, etc)
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