CHCWM : CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT
Certificate in Health Care Waste Management (CHCWM)
Minimum Duration: 6 Months
Maximum Duration: 2 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 3,000
Minimum Age: No bar
Maximum Age: No bar
Eligibility:
The concern for bio-medical waste management has been felt globally with the rise in deadly infections such as AIDS, Hepatitis-B and indiscriminate disposal of health care waste. The United Nations through UN Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal has classified health care waste as the most hazardous waste, after radioactive waste.
According to WHO, every year an estimated 16 billion injections are administered world wide, but not all of the needles and syringes are properly disposed off afterwards. In 2010, unsafe injections were still responsible for as many as 33 800 new HIV infections, 1.7 million hepatitis B infections and 315 000 hepatitis C infections. A person who experiences one needle stick injury from a needle used on an infected source patient has risks of 30%, 1.8%, and 0.3% respectively of becoming infected with HBV, HCV and HIV.
The main bottleneck to sound health care waste management programme is lack of training and appropriate skills, insufficient resource allocation and lack of adequate equipment. Thus the need to educate different health care professionals/workers, NGOs and other stake holders was identified as a priority. To cater the needs of these health care professionals, IGNOU and WHO, SEARO decided to develop and launch a Certificate Programme in Health Care Waste Management in the South-East Asia Region Countries.
The certficate programme has been developed inline with the Bio-Medical Waste Management (BMWM) rules 2016 of Government of India and safe management of waste from health-care activities, WHO 2014. The aim of the programme is to create essential knowledge and skills in health care waste and equip the learners to manage it effectively and safely and safeguard the community against adverse health impact of health care waste.
The broad Objectives of the programme are to:
- Sensitise the learners about health care waste and its impact on health and environment.
- Acquaint the learner group to existing legislation, knowledge and practices regarding health care waste Management practices in South East Asia Region countries.
- Equip the learner with skills to manage health care waste effectively and safely.
CHCWM : CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMME TYPE | CERTIFICATE |
MODE | Open Distance Learning |
SCHOOL | School of Health Sciences |
DURATION | 0 Year, 6 Months |
MEDIUM | ENGLISH |
SPECIALIZATION | HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT |
DESCRIPTION | The concern for bio-medical waste management has been felt globally with indiscriminate disposal of health care waste and the rise in deadly infections such as AIDS, Hepatitis-B. The need to educate different health care professionals/ workers about health care waste management is thus very important. To cater to the needs of these health care professionals, the School of Health Sciences, IGNOU and WHO, SEARO have developed a Certificate Programme in Health Care Waste Management in the South-East Asia Region Countries.
The programme aims to:
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ELIGIBILITY | Minimum of 10+2 qualification |
FEE STRUCTURE | Rs.3,000/- for full programme plus. Registration fee of Rs.300/- |
PROGRAMME COORDINATOR | : Dr. Ruchika Kuba, [email protected], Ph. 011-29572813 |
Course Details
Fee Structure: Rs.2,700/- for full programme. | ||
Course Code | Title of the Course | Credits |
Compulsory Courses | ||
BHM-101 | Fundamentals: Environment and Health, Health Care Waste | |
Management Regulations | 6 | |
BHM-102 | Health Care Waste Management : Concepts, Technologies and Training | 6 |
Optional Courses (Choose any two) | ||
BHME-101 | Inter-relationship between Health and Environment | 2 |
BHME-102 | Worker Safety and Patient Safety | 2 |
BHME-103 | Current Status of Health Care Waste Management | |
and Legislation in the Regional Countries | 2 | |
BHME-104 | Managerial and Systems Approach | 2 |
BHME-105 | Special Considerations of Waste Management | 2 |
BHME-106 | Administrative and Legal Aspects of Waste Management | 2 |
BHMP-101 | Project | 2 |
BHML-101 | Workshop | 2 |
Total Credits | 16 |
Regional & Study Centre Details
BANGALORE | 1359: M.S. RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE, BANGALORE (1359) |
BHOPAL | 1500: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE BHOPAL LSC Code 1500 |
BHUBANESHWAR | 2100: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE BHUBANESHWAR LSC Code 2100 |
BHUBANESHWAR | 21237: SCB Medical College Cuttack LSC 21237 |
JAIPUR | 2316: GOVERNEMNT COLLEGE OF NURSING, JAIPUR (2316) |
LUCKNOW | 2789: SGPGI LUCKNOW (2789) |
SRINAGAR | 30040: Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar LSC 30040 |
JORHAT | 3700: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE JORHAT LSC Code 3700 |
DELHI 3 Naraina | 0767: ARMY HOSPITAL (R&R) (767) |
DARBHANGA | 4600: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE DARBHANGA LSC CODE 4600 |
ARMY-CHANDIMANDIR | 5201: WESTERN COMMAND HRDC (5201) |
CHANDIGARH | 06037: DR B R AMBEDKAR STATE INSTT OF MEDICAL SCIENCES MOHALI LSC 06037 |
CHANDIGARH | 0600: IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE CHANDIGARH LSC Code 0600 |
BIJAPUR | 1335P: B.V.V.S SAJJALASHREE INSTITUTE OF (1335P) |
AHMEDABAD | 09147: GOVT. SPINE INSTITUTE (09147 P) |