Nikhil Dhande

Dr, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawang, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

Publications

  • Review Article   
    BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN COVID-19
    Author(s): Vaishnavi Kapse and Nikhil Dhande*

    Background: COVID-19 brought many negative consequences with itself and one of it is increasing biomedical waste especially plastic origin biomedical waste. These can include single use protective gears such as PPE kits, facial masks, gloves, shoe and head cover. Summary: The issue of biomedical waste was already a burning topic prior to the arrival of COVID-19 as there was lack of proper incinerator and safe disposal facilities which is an important component of biomedical waste management. After the pandemic struck, the exponential rise in demand in the protective gear was justified as the nature of the novel Coronavirus causing disease was extremely contagious. But parallel system for the unsustainable disposable of the biomedical waste disposal was overlooked and hence current facilities were overburdened further increasing the problem of biomedical waste .. Read More»

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