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Managing Immunisation Waste in a Tertiary Healthcare Facility


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1 Dept. of Community Medicine & Public Health, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Dept. of Prosthodontics, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Dept. of Radiotherapy, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
4 Dept. of Rheumatology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
5 King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
 

Immunisation protects children and adults against harmful infections before they come into contact with them in the community. Immunisation is given as an injection or, in the case of polio vaccine, taken as drops by mouth. The waste generated during the whole immunisation process must be disposed off properly. Improper waste disposal leads to serious health risks to recipients, health workers and the public. In King George's Medical University (KGMU) immunisation programmes are conducted regularly. Waste generated during the process are properly mutilated, collected, transported and disposed off. In KGMU a well established biomedical waste management system which disposed offs the waste as per the norms and legislation.

Keywords

Immunisation, Biomedical Waste, Management.
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Authors

R. Kumari
Dept. of Community Medicine & Public Health, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
S. K. Jurel
Dept. of Prosthodontics, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
K. Srivastava
Dept. of Radiotherapy, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
A. Wakhlu
Dept. of Rheumatology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
A. Singh
King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


Immunisation protects children and adults against harmful infections before they come into contact with them in the community. Immunisation is given as an injection or, in the case of polio vaccine, taken as drops by mouth. The waste generated during the whole immunisation process must be disposed off properly. Improper waste disposal leads to serious health risks to recipients, health workers and the public. In King George's Medical University (KGMU) immunisation programmes are conducted regularly. Waste generated during the process are properly mutilated, collected, transported and disposed off. In KGMU a well established biomedical waste management system which disposed offs the waste as per the norms and legislation.

Keywords


Immunisation, Biomedical Waste, Management.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds%2F2013%2F86732