Classification of medical trash cans What are the five categories of medical trash cans?

1. Medical trash cans are divided into five categories: infectious waste, pathological waste, destructive waste, pharmaceutical waste and chemical waste.

2. Infectious wastes include articles contaminated by patients' blood, body fluids and excreta, and medical waste plastic products such as garbage generated by patients with infectious diseases.

3. Pathological wastes include discarded human tissues produced during operation, discarded human tissues after pathological sections, pathological wax blocks, etc.

4. Hazardous wastes include medical needles, scalpels, scalpels and glass test tubes.

5. Pharmaceutical wastes include discarded common drugs, discarded cytotoxic drugs and genotoxic drugs.

6. Chemical wastes include discarded chemical reagents, chemical disinfectants, mercury sphygmomanometers and mercury thermometers.