Hyderabad, Dec. 16: A government audit team has detected gross violation of bio-medical waste (BMW) rules during a joint inspection of hospitals across the state. The violations include lack of segregation of waste at source in many hospitals, waste collecting covers hardly used, bio-medical waste being directly thrown into bins and no colour coding system followed.
It was also detected that puncture proof containers with one per cent hypo-chloride solution were not used for disposing of needles and sharp instruments. In addition, empty IVF bottles were being returned to the central store of the hospital for replacement leading to the risk of illegal recycling with hazardous consequences.
Needle burners were not kept and shredding or mutilation of syringes and needles were not being carried. Besides, needles were directly thrown into bins thus mixing it with bio-medical waste. Registers indicating the quantity of bio-medical waste generated were not being maintained and the BMW management colour code chart for disposing of waste was not pasted in the wards of some hospitals, the team found.
The Comptroller and Auditor General report, 2008 while indicating the violation of BMW management rules states that the APPCB on its part has failed to penalise the errant hospitals. Of the 76 private and government hospitals under the Health Care Establishments (HCEs) in the state which failed to tie up with the common waste treatment operator facility, 32 are in Hyderabad.
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