Development of a Risk Assessment Model for an Urban Biomedical Waste Management System
Publication: Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
Volume 19, Issue 3
Abstract
Indiscriminate disposal of biomedical waste (BMW) is posing a serious risk to humans and the environment. Need of risk-free biomedical waste management (BMWM) system is the prime requirement of any health care facility. However, limited attempts are reported for risk analysis especially for a biomedical waste management system in India. The research reported in this paper attempts to develop a model to evaluate and analyze the risk of biomedical waste management system for Indian conditions. A data obtained through questionnaire survey from stakeholders and experts from the field is used developing this model. A software tool is prepared which can estimate the risk values and analyze overall risk for any biomedical waste management system for any given circumstances. This will be useful to the planner, designer, or administrator handling biomedical waste management system to understand the risk through this system, and help this individual to decide its appropriate strategies, policies, and actions towards prevention (and minimization) of loss, to humans and the environment.
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Volume 19 • Issue 3 • July 2015
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Received: May 24, 2014
Accepted: Oct 28, 2014
Published online: Dec 5, 2014
Discussion open until: May 5, 2015
Published in print: Jul 1, 2015
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