Citation: Anupjyoti Basistha & Mridula Saikia Khanikor (2022). A Study of Biomedical Waste Management Status in Primary Health Centres of Guwahati, Assam. Saudi J Biomed Res, 7(1): 21-24. 21 Saudi Journal of Biomedical Research Abbreviated Key Title: Saudi J Biomed Res ISSN 2518-3214 (Print) |ISSN 2518-3222 (Online) Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Journal homepage: https://saudijournals.com Original Research Article A Study of Biomedical Waste Management Status in Primary Health Centres of Guwahati, Assam Anupjyoti Basistha 1* , Dr. Mridula Saikia Khanikor 2 1 Research Scholar, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Gauhati Medical College Building, Narakasur Hill Top, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam 2 ILS Nursing Institute, Agartala, West Tripura-799010, Tripura DOI: 10.36348/sjbr.2022.v07i01.002 | Received: 03.12.2021 | Accepted: 08.01.2022 | Published: 17.01.2022 *Corresponding author: Anupjyoti Basistha Research Scholar, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Gauhati Medical College Building, Narakasur Hill Top, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam Abstract Biomedical waste (BMW) is generated mainly by health care establishments. The management of BMW is still infant all across the world. According to Biomedical waste management rule 2016 (amended in 2018),the health facilities need to ensure proper segregation of BMW and pre-treat the waste at the facility before disposal/handing over the equivalent to Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBMWTF). A detailed study on BMW status in few of the Primary Health Centres (PHC) of Guwahati was carried out. The study depicts that only 30 % of the facilities does have nodal person to monitor the BMW activities. None of the facility having coloured plastic bin/bags with biohazard symbol, designated waste route, weighing machine and centralized storage area. Collection of BMW by the CBMWTF was average twice a month. Keywords: Biomedical Waste (BMW), Primary Health Centre (PHC). Copyright © 2022 The Author(s): This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial use provided the original author and source are credited. INTRODUCTION ‘Bio-medical waste’ means any solid and/or liquid waste including its container and any intermediate product, which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research pertaining thereto or in the production or testing thereof. Clinical consideration is imperative for our life, wellbeing and prosperity. In any case, the waste created from clinical exercises can be dangerous, harmful and even deadly in light of their high potential for ailment transmission. The dangerous and poisonous pieces of waste from human services foundations including irresistible, bio-clinical and radio-dynamic materials just as sharps (hypodermic needles, blades, surgical blades and so forth.) establish a grave hazard, if these are not appropriately treated/arranged or are permitted to get blended in with other metropolitan waste. Its affinity to empower development of different pathogens and vectors and its capacity to pollute different nonhazardous/non-harmful metropolitan waste risks the endeavors embraced for by and large city squander management. The rag pickers and waste workers are often worst affected, because unknowingly or unwittingly, they rummage through all kinds of poisonous materials while trying to salvage items which they can sell for reuse. Simultaneously, this sort of unlawful and unscrupulous reuse can be incredibly hazardous and even deadly. Diseases like cholera, plague, tuberculosis, hepatitis (especially HBV), AIDS (HIV), diphtheria etc. in either pestilence or even endemic structure, present grave general wellbeing dangers. Shockingly, without solid and broad information, it is hard to evaluate the element of the issue or even the degree and assortment of the hazard in question. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted over a period of three months. Study was conducted at ten (10) PHCs of Guwahati, Assam. A pre-defined observation checklist was developed to monitor the BMW system in the PHCs. The author visited all 10 PHCs with prior permission from the Medical Officer I/Cs.