Bio-Medical Waste Management: Strengthening the Needs and Significance in Healthcare Facilities in Katsina State

Abstract

This paper studies the strengthening needs and significance of the management of biomedical waste in secondary healthcare centres in Katsina State. This paper highlighted categories of waste (Hazardous, infectious, radioactive etc.) and best ways of handling them as specified by experts which include Segregation, Collecting, Categorizing the waste, Storing, Transporting and Treating the waste. Recommendations were made to relevant stakeholders on effective use of biomedical waste management strategies in the state and beyond such as State Ministry of Health should impose biomedical waste management strategies in all Health Facilities. People looking for livelihood in Waste disposal places should be banned from biomedical waste disposal places.