January 29, Chengdu, Sichuan Jinxin Psychiatric Hospital security guard Zhang Yanzhong claimed that the hospital's irregularities caused him to contract AIDS. It is understood that Zhang Yanzhong is responsible for transporting patients to various departments for examination, sewage and garbage disposal. In the process of carrying garbage is often stung by syringes, in the recent stung was diagnosed as HIV-positive.
According to his family, the hospital did not categorize medical waste and only used plastic bags to contain it. In response, staff from the hospital's group said the Health Commission has been involved in the investigation.
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Needles belong to the medical waste, need to be handed over to the professional sector to deal with:
As a medical waste, if the diagnosis and treatment of the patient suffers from infectious diseases, and other people are stabbed by the needles, then it is likely to be infected. So hospitals must put used needles into sharps boxes for recycling and disposal to prevent others from being stabbed.
The behavior of the hospital in this incident is a serious violation of the "Medical Waste Management Regulations", according to Article 45, did not handle medical waste according to the requirements, should be ordered to correct and warnings; Article 54, causing damage to others, should bear the responsibility for compensation.