Infusion bottles are household waste or medical waste

Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China

Wei-Ban-Medical-Fa [2005] No. 292

Ministry of Health

On the clarification of issues related to the classification of medical waste

Notice

Provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Health Department Bureau, the Environmental Protection Bureau, the Xinjiang Production and Construction

Setting up Corps of the Bureau of Health, the Environmental Protection Bureau:

In order to further implement the "Medical Waste Management Regulations", to strengthen the supervision and management of medical waste

Supervision and management of medical waste, in view of the classification of medical waste around the understanding of

Differences in the face of the relevant issues are described below:

One of the use of disposable medical equipment is medical waste. According to the Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health and the State Environmental Protection Administration jointly issued

"Classification Catalog of Medical Waste"

(Health

Medical Development [2003] No. 287), after the use of disposable medical devices

mechanisms, whether or not to cut out the needle, whether or not by the patient's bodily fluids, blood, fecal matter

stained, are medical waste. medical waste, should be managed as medical waste.

The infusion bottles after use are not medical waste. After the use of a variety of glass

(disposable plastic) infusion bottles (bags), not contaminated by the patient's blood, body fluids, drainage

contaminated,

does not belong to medical waste,

Not have to be in accordance with the management of medical waste,

but this type of waste can not be used for the original purpose of recycling, used for other purposes should be

conforming to the principle of The principle of not endangering human health.

December 28, 2005

These wastes are not subject to medical waste management.