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What treatment options are available for waste categories 3, 4, and 7?
What color-coded container is assigned to waste categories 1, 2, 5, and 6?
Which waste category is assigned to a blue container?
What is the primary purpose of the color-coding system in Schedule II?
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What is not a treatment option for waste categories 1, 2, 5, and 6?
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How many treatment options are available for waste categories 3, 4, and 7?
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What is the total number of Sustainable Development Goals?
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Which of the following SDGs is directly related to health?
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How many SDGs address health disparities?
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What is the purpose of a National Health Accounts System?
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What is the name of the agenda that the SDGs are a part of?
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What is the successor to MDGs?
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How many targets are there in the SDGs?
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Why should Indian students studying medicine abroad take a screening test?
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What is the disposal step for Category 1 of Bio-Medical Waste?
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Which of the following is NOT a disposal step for Category 3 of Bio-Medical Waste?
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What is the first disposal step for Category 4 of Bio-Medical Waste?
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Which category of Bio-Medical Waste includes infectious solid waste?
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What is the disposal step for Category 5 of Bio-Medical Waste?
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What is NOT a type of waste in the categories of Bio-Medical Waste?
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What is the second disposal step for Category 3 of Bio-Medical Waste?
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Which category of Bio-Medical Waste includes wasted sharps?
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Study Notes
BMW Management Guidelines 2011 Exclusions
- The guidelines do not cover radioactive waste, hazardous chemicals, municipal solid waste, lead acid batteries, and hazardous waste.
Categories of BMW (Schedule I)
- Category 1: Human anatomical waste, disposed of through incineration.
- Category 2: Animal waste, disposed of through incineration.
- Category 3: Microbiological and biotechnology waste, disposed of through: • Chemical treatment or autoclaving or microwaving • Mutilation or shredding • Landfill or recyclers
- Category 4: Wasted sharps, disposed of through: • Chemical treatment or destruction by needle or tip cutters or autoclaving or microwaving • Mutilation or shredding • Landfill or concrete sharps pit
- Category 5: Discarded medicines and cytotoxic drugs, disposed of through landfill or incineration.
- Category 6: Soiled waste, disposed of through incineration.
- Category 7: Infectious solid waste, disposed of through: • Chemical treatment or autoclaving or microwaving • Mutilation or shredding • Recyclers
- Category 8: Chemical waste, disposed of through: • Chemical treatment • Disposal in drains
Color Coding and Disposal (Schedule II)
- Yellow containers: used for waste categories 1, 2, 5, and 6, treated through incineration.
- Red containers: used for waste categories 3, 4, and 7, treated through: • Chemical treatment or destruction or autoclaving or microwaving • Mutilation or shredding • Landfill or recyclers or concrete sharps pit
- Blue containers: used for waste category 8, treated through: • Chemical treatment • Disposal in drains
Medical Education and Regulatory Body
- All Indian students studying medicine abroad should undertake a screening test to obtain registration with the regulatory body.
- The same screening test should be applicable for Indian colleges to ensure the quality of medical graduates.
National Health Accounts System
- A robust National Health Accounts System needs to be operationalized.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- The SDGs are an intergovernmental set of 17 aspiration goals with 169 targets.
- The SDGs are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- Goal 3 is directly related to health.
- Goals 1-6 address health disparities.
- The 17 SDGs are:
- End Poverty in all its forms everywhere
- End Hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
- Ensure Healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
- Ensure inclusive and equitable quality Education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
- Achieve Gender equality and empower all women and girls
- Ensure availability and sustainable management of Water and Sanitation for all
- Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern Energy for all
- Sustained, inclusive and sustainable Economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable Industrialization and foster innovation
- Reduce Inequality within and among countries
- Make cities and Human Settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Ensure sustainable Consumption and Production patterns
- Take urgent action to combat Climate change and its impacts
- Conserve and sustainably use the Oceans, Seas and Marine resources for sustainable development
- (No goal 15 mentioned in the text)
- (No goal 16 mentioned in the text)
- (No goal 17 mentioned in the text)
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This quiz is about the Biomedical Waste Management Guidelines 2011, covering categories and disposal steps for different types of waste.
