Legal analysis: a. Infectious waste
1, infectious waste refers to carry pathogenic microorganisms, with the risk of spreading infectious diseases triggered by medical waste. Including the patient's blood, body fluids, excreta contaminated items (cotton balls, swabs, gauze and other dressings, single-use medical supplies, single-use hygiene products, etc.), a variety of discarded medical specimens, blood, serum, pathogens of the culture medium, strains, isolation of infectious diseases, such as living garbage. The above wastes are put into a clearly marked medical waste bags, by a person regularly, fixed route with leak-proof, spill-proof special garbage cans collected to the hospital's medical waste storage point, and then by the city's designated medical waste disposal unit centralized treatment.
Two, pathological waste
is the diagnosis and treatment process of human waste and medical laboratory animal carcasses. Including surgery or other diagnostic and treatment process generated by the waste of human tissue, organs, pathological section of human tissue, pathological wax block, medical laboratory animal tissue, carcasses and so on.
This category of waste, small pieces can be treated as infectious waste, larger or large pieces of pathological waste should be sent to the funeral home incineration.
Three, injurious waste
This refers to the ability to stab or cut the human body of discarded medical sharps. Including medical needles, suture needles, scalpels, scalpels, skin preparation knife, surgical saws, slides, glass test tubes, glass ampoules and disposable use of empty needles, infusion sets, blood transfusion needle part.
This type of garbage should be put into a puncture-proof, leak-proof hard container immediately after the generation of waste, and then put into a clearly marked medical garbage bags, collected by a person regularly in the hospital medical waste storage point, and then by the city's designated medical waste disposal unit centralized treatment. Disposable syringes, infusion tubes, etc. are required to be disfigured before disposal to avoid being reused.
Four, pharmaceutical waste
This refers to the expiration date, elimination, deterioration or contamination of the discarded drugs. Including general antibiotics, over-the-counter drugs, cytotoxic drugs, genotoxic drugs, vaccines, blood products and so on.
The discarded drugs should be managed by the pharmacy with specialized personnel, deposited in the area of substandard drugs, reported to the drug administration in a timely manner, and handled according to the opinions of the drug regulatory authorities, and the handling process should be recorded in detail.
Legal basis: "Medical Waste Management Regulations" Article IV of the State to promote the centralized harmless disposal of medical waste, and encourage research and development of safe disposal of medical waste technology. Local people's governments at or above the county level is responsible for organizing the construction of centralized medical waste disposal facilities. The state on the construction of remote and poor areas of medical waste centralized disposal facilities to give appropriate support.