Any waste generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals, be it in hospitals, research establishments, testing of biologicals, etc. is considered to be medical or clinical or bio-medical waste. 

Bio-medical waste poses hazards due to possibilities of infection and toxicity.  Of particular interest to us are those wastes which should only be incinerated as per the current rules prevalent worldwide for medical waste management.  There are human wastes like diseased organs or body parts, animal wastes from veterinary hospitals, microbiology and biotechnology wastes, discarded medicines, cytotoxic drugs, solid wastes such as surgical cotton, bandages, material contaminated with blood and liquid wastes from any infected organs.

15-20% of the waste in a healthcare facility is biomedical waste.  The infectious waste is generally suspected to contain pathogens and these generally come from swabs, lab excreta, etc.

Pathological wastes are generally human waste like body parts, blood cultures, etc.  Expired drugs come under pharma wastes such toxic drugs used in cancer therapy or genotoxic waste.

People that are exposed to infection are generally doctors, nurses, paramedical workers, patients, visitors and so on.

In order to effectively manage bio-medical waste, a process of handling and disposal has to be established which means waste segregation at source, collection, storage, treatment, transport and final disposal.

In India in the past, individual incinerators were permitted by the regulatory authority in practically every establishment.  This resulted in the proliferation of badly designed incinerator systems, causing air pollution.  Hence, the rules changed to permit only common facilities in every town and city, the exceptions being any healthcare establishment who did not have access to a common facility (greater than 65 km away).

Haat has in its range GD, ADR and PDR models of medical waste incinerators along with a battery of air pollution control equipment designed to suit common or independent facilities. 

The basic feature of Haat’s system is that it helps to completely destroy all the pathogens and bacteria and make the waste free of infection. If operated correctly, our systems do not produce any smoke or odour.  It meets emission standards within India and anywhere else in the world. It can be made completely automatic if required, so that human errors and handling are eliminated. 

The design is a proven one for over 20 years.  The refractory is special and provides a long and trouble free service.

The life expectancy of Haat’s bio-medical waste incinerators is nothing less than 15 years.