CPCB Bar Code System
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Centralised Bar Code System for Tracking of Biomedical Waste (CBST-BMW) manages end-to-end tracking for biomedical waste across India.
Biomedical waste barcode guidelines help standardize how waste bags are identified, scanned and linked to collection, transport and treatment records.
How Biomedical Waste Barcode Guidelines Support Traceability
- Mandatory Rule: Under the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 (and subsequent updates), every Health Care Facility (HCF) and Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) must tag biomedical waste bags and containers with a unique barcode or QR code.
- Information Contained on the Code:
- First 5 characters of the hospital/HCF name
- Area PIN code
- State code
- Description of bedded or non-bedded HCF
- Unique identification number of the HCF
- Color-coding matching the specific waste category
- Tracking & Traceability: Scans occur at the HCF generation point, during transport vehicles (GPS-tracked), and upon arrival at the CBWTF plant.
- Portal Access: Stakeholders (HCFs, CBWTFs, State Pollution Control Boards) should be able to login and see the data from the CBWTF portal.
CPCB documentation: Barcode Guidelines