Services Offered

SHUSHRUTHA affiliates all modern medicine health care institutions in both Private & Government like Hospitals based on their bed strength, Clinics based on number of rooms & facilities, Labs based on diagnostic facilities (Category A, B, C & D), Dental Clinics based on number of Dental Chairs . A nominal non refundable fee is being charged during affiliation. The operating expense is being met by charging a nominal monthly fee as operational cost declared for the category of HCF. The SHUSHRUTHA plant has been working effectively from January 2004 and has been rendering meritorious service to the District since its inception.

SHUSHRUTHA  provides the following services for the affiliated health care institutions.

  • Training to the biomedical waste management staff of the affiliatedinstitution for scientific segregation and safe handling of biomedical waste.
  • Facilitation for procurement of appropriate barcoded - colour coded bags and containers for collection of segregated biomedical waste. 
  • Collection of segregated biomedical waste from the institutions from the designated storage area.
  • Transportation of  the collected waste in closed vehicles authorised by the Pollution Control Board.
  • Treatment and Disposal of  the biomedical waste in scientific manner at the SHUSHRUTHA plant, strictly adhering to the Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016.
  • Maintain Records on the quantity of biomedical waste collected, transported, treated and disposed.
  • Provide necessary information to the health care institutions and the Pollution Control Board as and when necessary on bio medical waste generated, collected and disposed from the affiliated institutions.
  • Create awareness among the public about the need for proper biomedical waste management & treatment plants.
  • Organise medical camps as part of Corporate Social Responsibility.

 

Service to Private Healthcare Institutions:

SHUSHRUTHA provides comprehensive service to all private health care institutions by executing the complete cycle of biomedical waste disposal, right from regular collection of biomedical waste from affiliate health care institutions in barcoded colour - coded bags, transportation in specially designed dedicated vehicles, scientific treatment and safe disposal of the biomedical waste, brought into the Common Biomedical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility.

SHUSHRUTHA thereby ensures scientific disposal of infectious waste generated from health care institutions across Shimoga District, within 48 hours, in accordance with the stipulations laid down in the Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016 released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Ref: G.S.R. 343(E)

 

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Service to Government Healthcare Institutions:

All government healthcare instittutions under Directorate of Health Services Karnatak and Directorate of Medical Education of Karnataka are beneficiaries of the special scheme of SHUSHRUTHA by which they are exempted from paying affiliation fees and are entitled for the service from SHUSHRUTHA at a subsidized rate.

 

Service to Pharmaceutical Companies:

Collection and disposal of discarded medicines and the issue of statutory Destruction Certificates are the services offered by SHUSHRUTHA to all registered Pharmaceutical Firms in the District.

 

Service to Residential Apartments:

 

 

Service to Local Self Governments (Corporations, Municipalities & Grama Panchayaths):

 

 

Training on Biomedical Waste Handling and Segregation:

SHUSHRUTHA through a team of skilled trainers, conducts regular training sessions to all affiliate healthcare institutions on the various facets of biomedical waste handling and segregation.

Biomedical Waste Collection

SHUSHRUTHA provides comprehensive service to health care institutions by regular collection of biomedical waste from health care facilities in barcoded & colour coded bags,transportation in specially designed vehicles, treatment and final disposal in its Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) as per the Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016, thereby ensuring scientific disposal of infectious waste generated from health care facilities all over Karnataka, within 48 hours. Barcoded-Colour coded bags and containers are to be procured in sufficient numbers by all affiliated HCE`s  for seggregation and collection of waste at source. Special training is imparted to hospital staff regarding seggregation and collection

Transportation of Biomedical Waste

SHUSHRUTHA runs 05 GPS installed covered vehicles for collection of biomedical waste within 24 hours from the whole length & breadth of Shimoga District, which are specially designed as per the Biomedical Waste Management Rule and approved by the Pollution Control Board, which ply a distance of 250 km per day. Each vehicle crew includes a driver, a picker and a supervisor. Each vehicle collects biomedical waste daily and are taken to transfer stations, from there directly to the plant at Machenahalli taking all safety measures.
All these vehicles are monitored through GPS Satellite Monitoring using Software Application. The movement of waste collection vehicles are monitored through GPS system and the waste collection is monitored through the mobile application system.  Introduction of  Bar-coding system to monitor each and every bag from the source till the end is going on and it will be completed within couple of months.
 
Biomedical waste treatment details