印度生物医疗废物管理的地理和时间分析
Shwetmala Kashyap1, Arkalgud Ramaprasad2
1Ramaiah Public Policy Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka India.
概括
印度的生物医疗废物管理显示出地理和时间的差异. 该研究强调了废物产生和处理的增加,主要国家需要改善有效的生物医疗废物管理的做法.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 废物管理 废物管理
背景情况:
- 印度的医疗保健设施产生大量的生物医疗废物.
- 有效的生物医疗废物管理 (BMWM) 对公众健康和环境安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 系统地分析2008-2017年印度BMWM的地理和时间变化.
- 评估BMWM实施绩效,并确定印度各州和联邦领土的政策差距.
主要方法:
- 为印度各州和联邦领土 (2008-2017年) 编制了全面的BMWM库存.
- 分析了生物医疗废物产生和处理量的趋势.
- 与地理分布和时间变化相关的废物管理数据.
主要成果:
- 在2008-2017年间,生物医疗废物产量从每天409毫克增加到每天558毫克.
- 马哈拉施特拉,卡纳塔卡和古吉拉特州拥有最多的医疗保健设施.
- 卡纳塔克邦和马哈拉施特拉邦的生物医疗废物处理量最高,整体处理增加了2016年后的规则.
结论:
- 在印度各地的BMWM中存在显著的地理和时间差异.
- 生物医疗废物规则 (2016) 似乎与增加的废物处理相关.
- 需要进一步改进,以弥合全国范围内高效和有效的生物医疗废物管理的差距.
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