Environmental Health

Environmental Health and Biomedical Waste

Bio medical waste is the Waste generated by health care activities includes a broad range of materials, from used needles and syringes to soiled dressings, body parts, diagnostic samples, blood, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and radioactive materials. Biomedical waste may also include waste associated with the generation of biomedical waste that visually appears to be of medical or laboratory origin such as packaging, unused bandages, infusion kits, etc. as well research laboratory waste containing bio molecules or organisms that are restricted from environmental release. Biomedical waste is generated from biological and medical sources and activities, such as the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of diseases.