What are the general provisions of medical waste management?

The general provisions of medical waste management include the following:

1, medical and health institutions and centralized medical waste disposal units should establish and improve the responsibility system for medical waste management, and its legal representative should be the first responsible person, earnestly perform his duties to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and environmental pollution accidents caused by medical waste;

2 medical and health institutions and centralized medical waste disposal units shall formulate relevant rules and regulations for the safe disposal of medical waste and emergency plans for accidents; Set up a monitoring department or full-time (part-time) staff to be responsible for inspection, supervision and implementation of medical waste management in this unit to prevent violations;

3, medical and health institutions and medical waste centralized disposal units, should be engaged in medical waste collection, transportation, storage, disposal and other personnel and management personnel, relevant laws and professional technology, safety protection and emergency treatment knowledge training;

4. Medical and health institutions and centralized medical waste disposal units shall take effective occupational health protection measures, equip personnel and management personnel engaged in medical waste collection, transportation, storage and disposal with necessary protective articles, and conduct regular health checks; When necessary, immunize relevant personnel to prevent them from being damaged by health;

5, medical and health institutions and medical waste centralized disposal units, should be in accordance with the provisions of the "People's Republic of China (PRC) solid waste pollution prevention law", the implementation of hazardous waste transfer management system;

6. Medical and health institutions and centralized medical waste disposal units shall register medical waste, and the registration contents shall include the source, type, weight or quantity, handover time, disposal method, final destination and the signature of the disposer. The registration materials shall be kept for at least 3 years;

7. Medical and health institutions and centralized medical waste disposal units shall take effective measures to prevent the loss, leakage and spread of medical waste. In case of loss, leakage and diffusion of medical waste, medical and health institutions and centralized medical waste disposal units shall take emergency measures to reduce the harm, and provide medical aid and on-site rescue for the sick; At the same time, report to the health administrative department and environmental protection administrative department of the local people's government at the county level, and inform the units and residents that may be harmed;

8. It is forbidden for any unit or individual to transfer or buy or sell medical wastes. It is forbidden to discard medical wastes during transportation; It is forbidden to dump or pile up medical wastes in non-storage places, and medical wastes shall not be mixed with other wastes and domestic garbage.

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regulations on the management of medical waste

Article 15 It is forbidden to mail medical wastes.

It is forbidden to transport medical wastes by rail or air.

Where there are land passages, it is forbidden to transport medical wastes by water; If there is no land passage and medical waste needs to be transported by water, it shall be approved by the competent administrative department of environmental protection of the people's government at or above the municipal level, and strict environmental protection measures shall be taken before it can be transported by water.

It is forbidden to carry passengers on the same vehicle to transport medical wastes.

It is forbidden to transport medical wastes on water bodies in drinking water source protection areas.