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The activities that are usually performed as part of health care waste management involve segregation,storage, collection, transportation and disposal of biomedical waste. It includes organizational,planning, administrative,financial, engineering aspects, legal, and human resource development and their management involves interdisciplinary relationships. Management of biomedical waste requires commitment at all the levels from healthcare providers. A system that is managed by irresponsible and untrained staff, the risks and the importance of their “contribution” is dreaded.Awareness regarding rules of disposal of biomedical waste needs to be taught even among qualified medical personnel, including hospital administrators, private and governmental institutes, hospitals and colleges. This article is to further the knowledge regarding biomedical waste management .

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