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An Exhaustive Analysis of Waste Segregation and Hand Sanitization in Post-Covid Era

Abhinav Saxena, Jay Shankar Singh, Medha Singh, Anushka Srivastava, Abhishek Shukla, Harsh Dubey

202332 citationsDOI

Abstract

Waste segregation has become significant in today's time and this awareness is increasing day by day. Countries all around the world are becoming conscious about the acing health-related problems due to myriads of infectious diseases spreading with each passing day. The waste from such an infected person needs to be discarded of carefully since these viral infections can propagate not only from each person to another but also through using it or handling that waste. This article focuses on the categorization of waste and the methodology to do so. The emphasis is laid on the healthcare sector and reducing manual scavenging. It includes the various implementation strategies for waste segregation and throws light on the significance of the hand sanitization mechanism.

Topics & Concepts

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Biomedical wasteCategorization2019-20 coronavirus outbreakComputer scienceSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Waste managementRisk analysis (engineering)Health careBusinessEngineeringMedicineArtificial intelligenceVirologyEconomic growthInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyEconomicsDiseaseOutbreakHealthcare and Environmental Waste ManagementInfection Control in HealthcareInfection Control and Ventilation
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