Riech Hospitality service offers the most scientific hospital waste management services in south India. Our collection, transportation and disposal of waste is done carefully to avoid pollution. We have adopted the most modern approach and have perfected it through careful planning.

Hospital waste is essentially different from domestic waste in that it contains biological material, which may process potentially harmful microorganisms. Therefore, special care should be taken while managing hospital waste to make sure that it does not harm others.

Major categories of medical waste

Yellow Bag

(Infected waste for incineration)

• Soiled dressing Gauze pieces

• Cotton balls

• Human anatomical waste

• Pathological waste

• Gloves

Black Bag

(Non-infectious waste for burial) 

• Kitchen and office waste

• I/V bottles plastic

• Oxygen mask

• Nebulization set

• Breathing circuit

Pink Bag

(Infectious plastic waste for disinfection, shredding and burial)

• Tracheostomy tubes

• Catheter mount

• Vascular catheter

• I / Cannula and tubing

• Blood bags and tubing

• I/V extension

• All plastic drainage bags

• Catheter, RT, wound, postural drains Suction catheter

• Bacterial filter

Blue Bag          

        Soiled linen for disinfection and washing

Hospital waste management consists of the following steps

• Segregation

• Transport

• Temporary storage

• Final disposal

Segregation

Segregation should take place at the source of generation of waste by the person who generates it. It is important that segregation take place at the source, as it is the person who generates the waste who best knows its nature. A color code is followed, which is maintained throughout. All patient care areas have containers lined by polythene covers of the appropriate color. Waste is segregated as follows.

Non infectious items: A black plastic bag is used to segregate domestic waste, wrappers of gloves, wrappers of syringes, etc. No breakable item is to be put into the bag.

Infectious items

Sharps: These are stored in custom - made puncture proof containers and bearing the 'Biohazard' symbol. There are white colored large sized containers and small sized containers in the various patient care areas. The larger containers are placed in the nurse’s station and in treatment rooms. Health care workers take the smaller containers to the bedside to dispose sharps directly into them soon after use. Positioning of sharp containers in strategic areas necessary especially in area like emergency services, operation theater and dialysis unit.

Plastic Items: They are segregated in black plastic covers. These items are kept separately as that separately as they are not to be incinerated.

Infectious non-plastic items: A yellow plastic bag is used to segregation all other infectious waste. Items under this category include dressing, cotton and gauze pieces that have been used on a patient. Human anatomical waste also comes under this category.

2. Transportation: Waste from the various patient care areas is removed twice a day. The mouth of each plastic bag is tied before removal from wards to prevent spillage of contents of the bags. Designated personnel transport the waste in the plastic bags on trolleys designated for that purpose. The staffs are provided with personal protective equipment

Waste segregated in the above manner is transported to areas specifically allotted for further management of each category of waste.

3. Temporary storage: Separate areas within the disposal yard area allotted for further temporary of each category of waste. Most of the waste generated from the hospital is finally disposed within 6 hours of collection from the wards. No waste is left untreated or untransformed for more than 24 hours.

4. Final Disposal: Waste materials which need to be treated should be dipped in 0.5% Hypo chlorite solution and kept for half an hour to 45 minutes. Linen material which needs to be reused to be taken to laundry. Plastic waste should be shredded before final disposal.