Medical waste management and disposal in Healthcare industry

Which of the following is a correct Medical Waste disposal method?

• Incineration

• Composting

• Direct Discharge to landfills

• Open dumping

Generator’s role in Medical Waste management includes:

• Provide service providing containers and arrange for pickup of full containers

• Proper identification and giving right colour to the containers

• Minimizing volume through segregation of wastes

• All of the above

Which of the following is not a correct category for Medical Wastes?

• Non-infectious materials

• Infectious materials

• Toxic materials

• Contaminated food items

Select the incorrect statement about Infectious Materials:

• Infectious Materials should be segregated from Municipal Solid Waste and stored at the common area

• It generate a unique odour usually in a yellow sack

• The environmental impact of the infection is quite severe

• It mainly consists of sharps and lab wastes

Which of the following is the right way to dispose off medical waste on land?

• Shoot it off

• Burn it directly to the land

• Dump it in the land

• Build an incinerator

Which of the following are acceptable packaging materials for Medical Waste?

• Plastic Bags

• Aluminum Foil

• Cardboard containers

• All of the above

Medical Waste management mainly involves:

• Composting of Medical Waste

• Incineration of Medical Waste

• Collection and Transportation of Medical Waste

• All of the above

Medical Waste should not be mixed with:

• Infectious Waste

• Non-infectious Waste

• Carcasses of Animals

• All of the above

Select the incorrect statement about Sharps

• Sharps includes needles, blades, syringes etc.

• Sharps should never be disposed of by incineration

• Sharps should be placed into puncture-resistant containers

• Sharps can be put into black sacks

Types of containers used for containing medical waste:

• Colored bags, containers and sharps

• Containers in puncture resistant boxes

• Bundles in cardboard boxes

• All of the above