Jai Singh

Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, India

Publications
  • Original Research Article   
    Challenges and Strategies for the Management of Biomedical Waste Generated During the COVID-19 Pandemics
    Author(s): Jai Singh*

    The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is one of the most deadly viral infections of the present time globally. At present, in India second wave of the pandemic is showing a declining trend. However, government authorities have issued an advisory for the third wave of Coronavirus. Due to many patients in the hospitals and clinics, it resulted in the generation of biomedical waste (BMW), and it is not always possible to carry out the pretreatment or disinfection of the huge BMW properly. Therefore, resulting in the further spread of the virus and breaking off the chain and control of the virus remains a challenge. Various other problems related to BMW management need to be tackled as per the government's safety guidelines and environmentally sound technologies. Some of these problems that need immediate attention of the concerned authorities are the proper segregation of BMW, collecti.. View more»

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