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Biomedical and E-Waste Management Questions and Answers

1.

Which of these biomedical wastes are to be disposed in yellow colour coded container as per the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2016 ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: A

The yellow container takes human anatomical, animal, microbiology and biotechnology wastes.

The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 sort waste into four colour categories. Yellow is for waste that is incinerated or otherwise destroyed: human anatomical waste, animal anatomical waste, soiled waste, expired medicines, chemical waste, and microbiology, biotechnology and other clinical laboratory waste.

Waste sharps such as needles and blades go in a white translucent puncture-proof container. Glassware goes in a blue container. Chemical liquid waste is listed in the yellow category but is drained through a separate collection system to an effluent treatment plant, not put in a yellow container, so liquid waste is not the answer.

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2.

Contaminated waste (recyclable) is to be stored in which colour coded container as per the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2016 :

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

Contaminated recyclable waste goes in the red container.

The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 use four colour categories. Red bags or containers are for contaminated recyclable waste such as tubing, bottles, intravenous sets, catheters, syringes without needles and gloves, which is autoclaved or treated and then recycled.

Yellow is for anatomical, soiled and chemical waste that is incinerated; white (translucent, puncture-proof) containers are for sharps such as needles; and blue is for glassware and metallic implants.

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3.

According to Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016 of Government of India, which coloured plastic bags should be used for discarded and contaminated metal sharps such as needle, syringes, scalpels, blades etc ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

Under the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, metal sharps go in the White category.

Category White is for waste sharps including metals: needles, syringes with fixed needles, scalpels and blades. They are collected in white translucent containers that are puncture-proof, leak-proof and tamper-proof.

The other colours are for other waste. Yellow is for anatomical, soiled, expired-drug, chemical and microbiology waste for incineration or deep burial. Red is for contaminated recyclable plastic, such as tubing, bottles and syringes without needles. Blue is for glassware and metallic body implants, in puncture-proof cardboard boxes with blue marking.

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4.

The treatment method recommended for the human anatomical waste generated from hospitals is

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

Human anatomical waste, such as organs and body parts, is treated by incineration or by deep burial under the biomedical waste rules, because it must be destroyed and made unrecognisable. Autoclaving is meant for microbiological waste and contaminated items that can be sterilised and recycled, and chemical disinfection is used for liquid waste, sharps and plastics. Since neither of those is the method for body parts, 'all the above' is wrong too and incineration is the answer.

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