Tracking of bio medical waste using global positioning system

Abstract

Bio medical wastes are waste generated from hospitals at various wards. There are different kinds of biomedical waste such as Anatomical waste, Animal waste, biology and biotechnology discarded medicine and cytotoxic drugs, Incineration Ash, Waste sharps, Soiled waste, Solid waste, Liquid waste, Chemical waste. This waste must be transported from hospitals to common treatment facility where these wastes are recycled using treatment equipments in order to avoid pollution. In this project we are developing an android application for tracking the biomedical waste from hospital to CTF (common treatment facility). Bio medical waste tracking system is to keep track the bio medical waste generated at hospitals. System mandates the hospital staffs to record the wastage generated at the point of generation(ward level) by scanning the bar coded bags and it is transported to Common Treatment Facility (CTF). Application will detect the availability of internet and synchronize the data with the main server periodically. Hospitals and CTF need not require active internet for using the system. The main purpose of this application is, it will be capable of capturing data offline (absence of Internet) and the movement of waste disposal will be tracked using GPS from the hospital to common treatment facility.