Medical and health institutions shall establish medical waste temporary storage facilities, equipment, shall not be open storage of medical waste; medical waste temporary storage time shall not exceed 2 days; medical waste temporary storage facilities, equipment, should be far away from the medical area, food processing area and personnel activities and living garbage storage place, and set up obvious warning signs and leakage, rodent, mosquitoes and flies, cockroaches, anti-theft and prevent children from coming into contact with safety measures, etc. as well as safety measures to prevent children from coming into contact, etc. The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) defines medical waste as waste generated by various medical and healthcare institutions in the course of medical treatment, prevention, healthcare, teaching, scientific research and other related activities that are directly or indirectly infectious, toxic and other hazardous wastes, including wastes and patients' excreta. These wastes are highly dangerous, highly polluting wastes, which contain germs or viruses that are dozens, hundreds or even thousands of times that of ordinary household wastes, and play a diffusing role in the spread of diseases and epidemiological process, which will certainly jeopardize people's health if not handled appropriately.
Legal basis: "Regulations on the Management of Medical Waste" Article XVII of the medical and health institutions shall establish temporary storage facilities for medical waste, equipment, medical waste shall not be stored in the open air; temporary storage of medical waste shall not exceed 2 days. Medical waste temporary storage facilities, equipment, should be far away from the medical area, food processing area and personnel activities and living garbage storage place, and set up obvious warning signs and leakage, rodent, mosquito and fly, cockroach, anti-theft, and prevention of children in contact with other safety measures. Temporary storage facilities for medical waste, equipment should be regularly disinfected and cleaned.