NEET MDS Shorts
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Community Dentistry1) Yellow: This is often used for isolation wastes, such as those from
patients with a communicable disease or from the isolation ward. It may also be
used for trace chemotherapy waste.
2) Black: Typically used for non-infectious waste that is not recyclable, such
as general waste from hospital areas not directly involved in patient care.
3) Green: This is commonly used for anatomical waste, which includes human
tissues, organs, body parts, and animal carcasses used in research or treatment.
4) Red: As mentioned, is used for infectious or biohazardous waste that poses a
risk of infection or disease transmission.
COLOR CODING FOR HOSPITAL WASTE
Color
Waste type
Examples
Yellow
Infectious clinical waste
Body fluids, medicines,
clinical lab waste, and pharmaceutical waste
Red
Contaminated waste
Disposable items like
catheters, syringes, and urine bags
White or translucent
Sharps waste
Needles, scalpels, and blades
Blue
Medical glassware waste
Broken, discarded, and
contaminated glass
Purple
Cytotoxic and cytostatic
waste
Materials contaminated with
cytotoxic and cytostatic drugs
Yellow and black/tiger stripe
Offensive/hygiene waste
Nappies, sanitary waste, and
colostomy bags
555185
General MicrobiologyThe presence of "Rose spots" can
help in diagnosing typhoid fever, as they are relatively specific to this
illness. They typically appear in the trunk and are not a result of increased
sensitivity to the touch or pressure.
215933
Oral MedicineIsoniazid is metabolized by the liver, while streptomycin is metabolized by the kidneys. This is important to consider when administering these drugs, especially in patients with hepatic or renal impairment.
287995
PeriodonticsAn enamel pearl located on the distal furcation of a maxillary molar with furcation involvement can be best treated by flap surgery and odontoplasty.
737395
RadiologyArthroscopy of TMJ is useful in internal derangement.
136667
Oral PathologyCherubism is not characterized by unilocular lesions; it is typically bilateral.
989406
ProsthodonticsThe impression material which would record the tissues with minimum pressure (mucostatic in nature) is plaster of Paris.
747233
General PathologyEhler-Danlos syndrome is not a chromosomal breakage syndrome; it is a connective tissue disorder caused by defects in collagen synthesis.