COLOUR CODE SYSTEM IN WASTE MANAGEMENT ICNO Infection

COLOUR CODE SYSTEM IN WASTE MANAGEMENT ICNO Infection Control Unit, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna.

COLOUR CODE SYSTEM IN WASTE MANAGEMENT 1. Important aspects in infection disease control. 2. Key to control and reduce nosocomial infection. 3. The absence of management measures maximum health risk to the general public. 4. Health care waste includes all the waste generated by medical activities.

CATEGORIES OF HEALTHCARE WASTE 1. Non-risk health-care waste. [75 -90%] 2. Hazardous health-care waste. [10 -25%] § Infectious waste [laboratory cultures, waste form isolation wards] § Anatomical waste. [body parts]

2. Hazardous health-care waste… § Pathological waste. [blood, human fluids] § Chemical waste. [laboratory regents, solvents, broken mercury thermometers] § Pharmaceutical waste. [expired drugs, bottles contaminated with drugs]

3. Highly hazardous health-care waste. [<5%] § Sharps. [scalpel, needles, blades, infusion sets, broken glass] § Highly infectious waste. [microbial cultures] §Geotoxis waste. [generally used in oncology, cytotoxic drugs] § radioactive waste. [urine and excreta from inpatients treated with radionuclides, contaminated glassware]

NATIONAL COLOUR CODE-7 1. Infectious waste-colour to be used for bins and bags-yellow. 2. Sharp waste-colour to be used for bins-yellow with a red stripe. 3. General waste-colour to be used for bins and bags-black. 4. Biodegradable waste-colour to be used for bins and bags-green.

NATIONAL COLOUR CODE-7………. . 5. Glass waste-colour to be used for bins and bags-red. 6. Paper waste-colour to be used for bins and bags-blue. 7. Plastics waste-colour to be used for bins and bags-orange.

• Waste storage place. • Off site transportation. • Waste treatment and disposal.

THANK YOU ICNO Infection Control Unit, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna.