What is the medical waste referred to in the Regulations on the Management of Medical Waste?

Legal analysis:

Medical wastes refer to wastes with direct or indirect infectivity, toxicity and other hazards generated in medical treatment, prevention, health care and other related activities. This system is formulated according to the national Regulations on the Management of Medical Wastes, Measures for the Management of Medical Wastes in Medical and Health Institutions, Standards and Labels for Packaging and Dressing of Medical Wastes, and the actual situation of our hospital.

Legal basis:

Medical waste management system standard 202 1

(1) The Hospital Infection Management Section and the General Affairs Section are responsible for training the personnel and managers engaged in the collection, transportation, storage and disposal of medical wastes on relevant laws and regulations, safety protection and emergency treatment of medical wastes.

(2) The black garbage bags in the domestic garbage lane are collected regularly by the hospital cleaning staff, and transported in sealed containers according to fixed lines in the hospital to avoid environmental pollution. After centralized collection of domestic garbage, it should be transported away by the municipal sanitation management department in time. If the domestic garbage cannot be transported away in time, it must be stored in a sealed container.

(3) The medical department should be equipped with covered (plastic) containers and sharp weapon boxes for collecting domestic garbage and medical waste. Unpolluted wastes (such as drug packaging, salt bottles, penicillin bottles, etc.). ) can be treated as domestic garbage. Dressing and cotton swabs are collected according to infectious medical waste; Glass retort, broken glassware, etc. As destructive medical wastes are collected, they are classified and put into containers with special garbage bags for yellow medical wastes, and treated carefully to avoid damage.