Medical waste is classified as hazardous waste and cannot be recycled, and due to the impact of the epidemic, there is an increasing amount of medical waste. So, in the face of medical waste is generally how to deal with it? Curious friends, you can look at the site to provide an introduction to oh!
Is medical waste hazardous wasteMedical waste is classified as hazardous waste.
There are many pathogenic microorganisms in medical waste. In order to prevent these bacteria from spreading to humans, our Medical Waste Management Regulations prohibit dumping or piling up medical waste in non-storage places, or mixing medical waste with other waste and household waste.
Infectious medical waste is a kind of medical waste: it includes 1. infusion sets and needleless syringes; 2. cotton swabs, cotton balls, gauze and other kinds of dressings after use, as well as other disposable medical supplies and equipments after use, etc. 3. Various discarded blood specimens; 4. Waste packaged in yellow double bags after use by infected patients.
How medical waste is handledAccording to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution from Solid Wastes, the Regulations on the Management of Medical Materials, and the List of Hazardous Wastes issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration, medical waste belongs to the first category of hazardous waste.
The treatment of medical waste should follow the following principles. First, eliminate pollution and avoid harm. Secondly, unified collection and transfer; Thirdly, centralized disposal; Fourthly, strict isolation from domestic waste, strictly prohibited from mixing with domestic waste. ; Fifth, the secondary pollution in the incineration process should be strictly prevented, and the emission must meet the standards. Sixth, the incineration process of fly ash must be treated as hazardous waste and must be properly handled.
How to recover the epidemic medical wasteMedical waste through specialized recycling and disposal, will not have much impact on the environment, the main problem exists is that the epidemic medical waste is widely distributed, there is a lack of awareness of the classification of the residents' waste, the centralized collection and disposal of medical waste is more difficult for the medical waste that has been uniformly collected and disposed of, at present, China's main disposal program for the incineration, the incineration process produces Hydrogen chloride, particulate matter, malodor and dioxin and other toxic and hazardous substances, which requires the relevant disposal unit to have a sense of environmental responsibility, environmental protection facilities in place, and debugging to the best state of operation, the relevant regulatory units to implement the supervision and management, regular inspection, guidance requirements, and increase the awareness of responsibility for environmental protection propaganda. From the source of collection and disposal, to the middle of the classification and transportation, and then incineration and disposal, the implementation of the link responsibility, increase the supervision and punishment, and effectively protect the ecological environment of the citizens' life and residence.