Authors : Fule U.W., Nimgare S.S. and Telkhade P.M.
Page Nos : 49-52
Description :
A modern hospital is a complex, multidisciplinary system which consumes thousands of item
s
for delivery of medical care and is a part of physical environment. All these products consumed in the
hospital leave some unusable left overs that is hospital waste. The last century witnesses the rapid
mushrooming of hospital in the public and private
sector, dictated by the needs of expanding population.
The advent and acceptance of “disposable” has made the generation of hospital waste a significant factor
in current scenario.