Treatment of BMW at RIMACT site will be done as per the schedule 1&2 of Rule 5 of Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 and subsequent amendments thereof taken along with CPCB guidelines.To ensure the efficacy of the treatment, the project will aim at achieving 100% segregation of waste at source i.e. at the HCEs and other medical and research establishments.

Incineration for Treating infectious wastes

Controlled burning of wastes at high temperatures is called incineration and in RIMACT this is carried out in a double-chambered incinerator of 50kg/hour capacity with fully equipped pollution control devices in accordance with the latest guidelines issued by the CPCB. Waste is burnt in the primary chamber at 800-850 0 C and volatile gases emitted are again burnt in secondary chamber at 1050-1100 0 C (residence time of 2 seconds )

Treatement in the Autoclave

Steam is applied inside a double - walled jacket under pressure to attain the required temperature of 1210C or 1350C and maintain the same for the specified time for assuring 4 to 6 log sterilization. Waste to be sterilized, collected in different categories and colour coded containers, is fed into the chamber where it gets mixed, dehydrated, sterilized and mutilated.

Shredder of the Autoclave Unit

Disinfected waste is manually fed into the shredder, which mechanically mutilates the sterilized items of different categories into small unrecognizable pieces while being washed with hot water from the solar water heater to ensure shredding, Cleaning to prevent re-infection and preventing particulate matter pollution. The sterilized, cleaned and shredded waste is then stored before being sold for recycling.

Administrative set - up

3 different committees are form for RIMACT administration:

District Co-ordination Committee:
headed by Deputy Commissioner Other members are Dy.Environmental Officer (KPCB-Raichur), Commissioner (CMC-Rcr), DHO-HWFW-Raichur, and President/ Secretary IMA-Raichur.
Bio medical waste management Committee( IMA Base ):
Chairman, secretary and 15 IMA members (Governing body)
RIMACT Facility committee:
(Executive body).President IMA, Secretary, Chairman BMWMC, Secretary BMWM and Operator

Organization Chart

Sources: Indian Medical Association Raichur BMWM Desk

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