KAP Study of Biomedical waste in a Tertiary Care Hospital (PAK-KPK)

roduction of waste products is one of the chief characteristics of the living beings. All the living things produce waste products in some form or the other. This waste may be biodegradable or non-biodegradable. Normally, aerobic and anaerobic processes in the ecosystem degrade such products. However, the main threat to the environment is because of the non-biodegradable products which resist degradation by ordinary methods. Biomedical waste which is also referred to as infectious waste or medical waste is defined as "any waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment and immunization of human beings and animals in research pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biological"