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COLOUR CODE SYSTEM IN WASTE MANAGEMENTICNOInf
ection Control Unit,Teaching Hospital,Jaffna.
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COLOUR CODE SYSTEM IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

• Important aspects in infection disease control.
• Key to control and reduce nosocomial infection.
• The absence of management measures maximum health
  risk to the general public.
• Health care waste includes all the waste
  generated by medical activities.

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CATEGORIES OF HEALTH-CARE WASTE

• Non-risk health-care waste. 75-90
• Hazardous health-care waste.
• 10-25
• Infectious waste laboratory cultures, waste form
  isolation wards
• Anatomical waste. body parts

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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

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• 3. Highly hazardous health-care waste.lt5
• 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

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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.

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NATIONAL COLOUR CODE-7..

• Glass waste-colour to be used for bins and
  bags-red.
• Paper waste-colour to be used for bins and
  bags-blue.
• Plastics waste-colour to be used for bins and
  bags-orange.

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

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THANK YOU ICNOInfection Control
Unit,Teaching Hospital,Jaffna.