A known HIV positive patient is admitted in an isolation ward after an abdominal surgery following an accident. The resident doctor who changed his dressing the next day found it to be soaked in blood. Which of the following would be right method of choice of discarding the dressing
Solid wastes contaminated with blood and fluids including cotton, dressing, soiled plaster castes comes under Category no 6. - category no 6 wastes are discarded in appropriate colour plastic bag and treated by incineration, autoclaving and microwaving. Reference: Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no: 793,794
Pour 1% hypochloric on the dressing material and send it for incineration in an appropriate bag
Pour 5% hypochlorite on the dressing material and send it for incineration in an appropriate bag
Put the dressing material directly in an appropriate bag and send for incineration
Pour 2% Lysol on the dressing material and send it for incineration in a appropriate bag
Hospital waste and disaster management, Occupational health