Hey Doc's,do you know?
there is one thing with us: easy to buy,easy to use,easy to throw! but hard to dispose...."thermometer",the most hazardous thing yet very least bothered.
The clinical equipment we possess, like blood pressure measuring apparatus,thermometers contains a bio hazardous material "MERCURY" which is cheap to prepare but difficult to dispose off safely, very few of us follow the right way of disposing these used ones:
"A method to hand over it to the concerned manufacturers or to the bio hazards management group".
handing it over to the manufacturer would help it give the best and the most safe way of either disposing it or re-usable, thus helping the environment in a very good way.
These efffects are not only restricted to humans or aqua life or the wild life but ultimately our environment.any kind of negligence while its preparation,usage or even discarding the damaged ones involves great attention.accidental exposure to mercury may damage the skin,or its intake may cause food poisoning which may be lethal.mainly the health care professionals are at a high risk for these consequences,the personnel involved in safe disposal of bio hazardous waste are also to be warned regarding these issues.as per the recent reports suggested the main form of safe disposal is the best method called as "recycle and reuse"
Not a very different topic but the most common kind of bio medical wastage involves the illicit usage of drugs,either it may be the antibiotics that are playing a very crucial role in spreading drug resistance.very recently WHO has announced its theme as to "COMBAT DRUG RESISTANCE" which it self denotes the necessity to interfere with the up coming threat to the human life.Its a huge responsibility that lies on the doctors to prevent this disastrous condition,but it is still an unfortunate thing to see that many of us are very least bothered that we are prescribing a number of unwanted drugs for an un diagnosed disease.It is a pathetic condition that in india- unfortunately named for the uncontrolled infectious diseases and a place with very least health care provided to the people, the health care personnel are not even following the guide lines described by the government,it is seen in the most common problem we are facing with "MULTI DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS".
The drug trails which are being conducted on human beings not even considering them as living beings has to be stopped.The best way to prevent this undesirable condition can be promoted mainly by the medical professionals:
there is one thing with us: easy to buy,easy to use,easy to throw! but hard to dispose...."thermometer",the most hazardous thing yet very least bothered.
The clinical equipment we possess, like blood pressure measuring apparatus,thermometers contains a bio hazardous material "MERCURY" which is cheap to prepare but difficult to dispose off safely, very few of us follow the right way of disposing these used ones:
"A method to hand over it to the concerned manufacturers or to the bio hazards management group".
handing it over to the manufacturer would help it give the best and the most safe way of either disposing it or re-usable, thus helping the environment in a very good way. 
These efffects are not only restricted to humans or aqua life or the wild life but ultimately our environment.any kind of negligence while its preparation,usage or even discarding the damaged ones involves great attention.accidental exposure to mercury may damage the skin,or its intake may cause food poisoning which may be lethal.mainly the health care professionals are at a high risk for these consequences,the personnel involved in safe disposal of bio hazardous waste are also to be warned regarding these issues.as per the recent reports suggested the main form of safe disposal is the best method called as "recycle and reuse"
Not a very different topic but the most common kind of bio medical wastage involves the illicit usage of drugs,either it may be the antibiotics that are playing a very crucial role in spreading drug resistance.very recently WHO has announced its theme as to "COMBAT DRUG RESISTANCE" which it self denotes the necessity to interfere with the up coming threat to the human life.Its a huge responsibility that lies on the doctors to prevent this disastrous condition,but it is still an unfortunate thing to see that many of us are very least bothered that we are prescribing a number of unwanted drugs for an un diagnosed disease.It is a pathetic condition that in india- unfortunately named for the uncontrolled infectious diseases and a place with very least health care provided to the people, the health care personnel are not even following the guide lines described by the government,it is seen in the most common problem we are facing with "MULTI DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS".
The drug trails which are being conducted on human beings not even considering them as living beings has to be stopped.The best way to prevent this undesirable condition can be promoted mainly by the medical professionals:
- to prescribe drugs as per the need for limited period of treatment.
- In case if the medications are left over then,hand over them to the manufacturer and enable their re usage.
- If the drugs have crossed their expiry date,then dispose them safely by giving them to the concerned authorities of medical waste disposal,so that they do not form a medium of contaminating the bio resources.
Thermometers contain mercury that is very harmful for our health. As such, they should be handled with great care to prevent it from breaking. The proper way to dispose of thermometers is to place them inside a small disposable plastic bag then take them to a local household hazardous waste collection or pick-up service near your home.
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