During major infectious disease outbreaks and other emergencies, medical institutions will be unified daily collection and storage of medical waste to the temporary storage room, the temporary storage of medical waste shall not exceed 24 hours; medical waste transportation, disposal unit to the medical institutions to collect and transport medical waste, the longest time interval shall not exceed 24 hours; centralized disposal unit of medical waste in the medical waste transported away from the medical institution within 12 hours after the Disposal. People's governments at or above the county level can take the government to purchase services and other means, entrusted to a compliant third-party organizations to collect, storage, transportation, disposal, may be appropriate to simplify the procurement process; involved in the collection of waste in medical institutions, storage, transportation, disposal units, to provide the appropriate production, safety and protection of material protection and the implementation of the relevant epidemic prevention and subsidy policy.
Legal basis:
"Medical Waste Management Regulations," Article XVII of the health care institutions should be established to temporarily store medical waste facilities, equipment, medical waste shall not be stored in the open air; temporary storage of medical waste shall not exceed 2 days; temporary storage of medical waste facilities, equipment should be disinfected and cleaned regularly.