The classification of medical waste is based on "Medical Waste Classification Catalog" and the categories are as follows:
I. Infectious Wastes: medical wastes carrying pathogenic microorganisms with the risk of spreading infectious diseases.
Second, pathological waste: diagnosis and treatment process of human waste and medical laboratory animal carcasses.
Three, injurious waste: can stab or cut the human body discarded medical sharps.
Four, pharmaceutical waste: expired, eliminated, spoiled or contaminated waste drugs.
V. Chemical waste: toxic, corrosive, flammable and explosive waste chemicals.
Medical waste "on the table" is difficult to prevent:
December 21, 2016, Nanjing Qixia Public Security Bureau lasted more than three months, detected the first case of medical waste pollution of the environment in Nanjing City, captured three suspects, one of whom was arrested and two were released on bail pending trial. It is reported that they recovered infusion tubes, infusion bags and other medical waste from hospitals and resold them, processing them into disposable tableware or toys for profit.
Medical waste is different from general waste, it contains a large number of disease-causing microorganisms or isotopes and other harmful substances, was illegally recycled if made into tableware, will be a direct threat to food safety, made into toys and a threat to children's health, but the regulation of the recycling of medical waste but there is a certain degree of difficulty.
Illegal dumping of medical waste is very difficult to establish a case. In this case, although the prosecutor found a mountain of medical waste, but the specific package of toxic and harmful, or fine to which needle which infusion bag is toxic and harmful but very difficult, and finally the prosecutor put forward to carry out the "whole identified" point of view, only to solve the problem. Crack this problem, in addition to the need to strengthen the supervision, should also break the monopoly of medical waste recycling situation, significantly reduce the cost of recycling.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Medical Waste