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DEVELOPMENT & STANDARDIZATION OF SPORE
TESTING METHODOLOY FOR EFFICIENCY TESTING OF AUTOCLAVES USED FOR HOSPITAL WASTE TREATMENT
The increasing Bio-medical waste generation has become a matter of serious concern for safe disposal of hospital waste in recent years due to increasing health facilities & number of hospitals, nursing homes in metropolitan cities. The Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 notified by Govt. of India, has stipulated rules for proper collection, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of bio-medical waste. As per Bio-medical Waste Rules, 1998 the hospitals have to install treatment facilities like incinerators, autoclaves, etc. for treatment of bio-medical wastes generated to ensure safe treatment & disposal of infectious hospital waste. These treatment facilities should operate at designed efficiency level.
A project has been undertaken to develop spore-testing methodology for assessment of efficiency of autoclaves used in hospital waste treatment. The major objectives of the project are:
- To standardize the spore testing methodology for assessment of the efficiency of autoclaves used in hospital waste treatment.
- In-situ assessment of the efficiency of autoclaves installed at various hospitals within NCT-Delhi using biological indicator.
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Microbiological Assessment set-up at CPCB Laboratories
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Spore Testing Methodology for assessment of Efficiency Testing of Autoclaves used for Hospital Waste Treatment
The standardization of spore testing methodology has been undertaken using Bacillus
Stereothermophilus as biological indicator with a view for its application for
efficiency testing of autoclaves used for hospital waste treatment. The standardized
methodology has been tested at autoclaves installed at various hospitals within
NCT-Delhi. The findings indicated that the developed methodology is appropriately
utilized for efficiency testing of Bio-medical waste treatment autoclaves installed
at the hospitals for sterilization of bio-medical waste.
Publication:
• Manual on Hospital Waste Management: IMPACTS/2/99-2000.
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