Analysis of cognizance and practices of biomedical waste management principle rules among health professional workers in a teaching hospital with special emphasis on COVID-19 pandemic: A critical appraisal on the current state and way forward.

A census study conducted nationwide by the Central Pollution Control Board of India had shown that nearly 17,000 healthcare facilities (HCFs) in India had seemed to have generated around 500 tons/day of BMW which translates to a figure of 0.5–0.2 kg/bed per day.[ 2 5 6 ] In the modern era, many new innovative laboratory testing facilities and treatment modalities getting introduced now and then had been contributed to an increasing trend in the gross volume of BMWM.[ 6 7 ] Earlier methods of waste management like landfilling, incinerations, burial, etc., have become ineffective in managing the huge volume as well as pose a threat to the environment in many instances.[ 7 ] The concept of “waste management hierarchy” is solely based

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