Address hospital linen issue: NGT
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Water contamination is the major worry when hospital linen is washed outside
CHENNAI: The southern bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday has impleaded Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in formulating rules for handling of infectious hospital linen.
Looking into the seriousness of the issue of safe laundry of hospital linens, the bench, comprising Justice P Jyothimani and expert member PS Rao, has sought reply from the environment ministry on the definition of discarded and reusable hospital and their treatment protocol.
The tribunal also wanted to know if any issues of discarded linens/reusable linens have been raised by other states.
Looking into the seriousness of the issue of safe laundry of hospital linens, the bench, comprising Justice P Jyothimani and expert member PS Rao, has sought reply from the environment ministry on the definition of discarded and reusable hospital and their treatment protocol.
The tribunal also wanted to know if any issues of discarded linens/reusable linens have been raised by other states.
The State government is already working on bringing out a separate policy for dealing with the issue. It is now learnt that the State government has written a letter to union environment ministry on April 27 asking clarification on the interpretations of biomedical waste rules.
Express had earlier exposed how many of the private hospitals are taking unsafe means to treat the reusable hospital linen, after which the NGT last month as passed order highlighting lack of reference about the issue in the Bio Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016.
Express had earlier exposed how many of the private hospitals are taking unsafe means to treat the reusable hospital linen, after which the NGT last month as passed order highlighting lack of reference about the issue in the Bio Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016.
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