Individuals should make sure that used CT films and X-ray films at home are handed over to garbage cans or locations that have been set up to collect and dispose of the waste.
Now some neighborhoods have set up a unified garbage disposal box, according to the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau Chaoyang Branch staff said that the waste will be transported by the Environmental Protection Bureau to the various waste treatment plants, incineration, waste gas, sewage, etc. will be processed through a professional program to ensure that no secondary pollution occurs.
For some patients with chronic illnesses, once taken CT films, X-rays and other imaging data, visit the doctor can be used as an aid to understanding the past medical history, grasp the progress of the disease is an important basis, the patient should be retained, save the attention of the dry, shielded from the light, to avoid damaging the image clarity due to moisture, affecting the doctor to read.
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For some patients with chronic illnesses, CT films, X-rays and other imaging data can be used as an important basis for assisting doctors to understand past medical history and the progress of the disease, and should be retained by the patient, and stored in a dry place, shielded from the light, to avoid damaging the image clarity of the doctor's reading due to moisture.
If such images are no longer needed, patients should not burn them themselves or pass them on to unscrupulous vendors, but can erase their personal information and put them directly into garbage cans as household garbage to be disposed of by the sanitation department.
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