Design and Implementation of a Mobile-Controlled System for Virtual Mode Medical Waste Segregation

Medical waste remains a major hurdle in hospitals, outpatient centers and other healthcare facilities because of the need for appropriate segregation so that storage can be separated by type and impact on the environment can potentially be reduced. This technical paper presents a solution for separating medical waste which is managed with the operation of mobile and robot functions jointly by an android app. It is a quite complex process and still partially manual system, which ends up in two problems: this produces waste and sometimes it can be danger to the workers doing the work. The traditional segregation methods for such waste are laborious leading to improper disposal and increased health hazards as they can often be interpreted wrongly. The traditional waste segregation method practiced by ragpickers is slow and not perfect. One of the main aims of this project is to propose a better method by which medical waste is sorted in India where much of the waste-separation labor is carried out by workers employed in the informal sector. The waste pickers have long worked to sort hazardous hospital waste, some of it laden with potentially toxic levels of heavy metals, by hand. Based on newer technological innovations like robotics and mobile technology, it now seems possible to design an automated system that improves effectiveness and reliability of medical waste management.