How to strengthen the classified management of medical waste

At work, some doctors often put gloves, dressings, cotton swabs and other infectious wastes. Contaminated by blood and entering the garbage can; Put disposable blades, needles and other harmful wastes into the infectious trash can; Some nurses put different wastes into the same waste bucket in order to save trouble and time in busy work. Interns (including interns and nurses) seldom come into contact with standardized medical waste classification before entering the hospital. It will take some time for them to fully grasp the classification standards and teachers' guidance. In addition, cleaning staff, patients and nursing staff do not know the classification of medical waste, so it is difficult to classify the waste they produce according to the standard.

1. Improper placement and labeling of waste sub-packaging barrels. The garbage produced in each place is different, and there are few kinds of garbage packaging barrels, so the garbage is easy to mix together after it is produced; In clinical departments, it is often necessary to push the treatment cart into the ward for treatment, and the medical wastes mainly include non-recyclable domestic garbage, infectious garbage, sharp instruments and non-recyclable disposable medical supplies. Only small containers can be placed on the disposal vehicle, and the logo font is small and inconspicuous, so medical wastes can be easily mixed together after being generated. In addition, it is inconvenient to use plastic drums with lids to barrel infectious wastes, and the lids of the drums are often open, so the odor generated by the wastes pollutes the environment.

2. If the capacity of medical waste is too large, it should be replaced when the damaged waste container is two thirds full. However, in order to save costs, some departments over-package, which is easy to cause occupational injuries to medical staff and collectors. In departments with heavy workload, the recovery of infectious waste is not timely and overloaded, which causes exposure and pollutes the surrounding environment.