Medical and health care institutions medical waste management measures developed and issued by what department?

Methods for the management of medical waste in medical and health care institutions were formulated and issued by the former Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China.

Medical waste collection and transportation details are as follows:

1, according to the category in special packaging or containers, to ensure that the packaging or containers are not broken, leakage and other defects, broken packaging should be treated as therapeutic waste;

2, the waste can not be overfilled, more than 3/4 of the time when it should be sealed, sealed tightly and tightly, indicating the department and the number;

3、Classified collection, prohibit mixing, prohibit leakage, prohibit pollution;

4、Prevent loss, leakage, diffusion and direct contact with the body when transporting medical waste should be used to prevent infiltration, put the spill, no sharp edges, easy to load and unload and clean the special transport tools, a variety of packaging and transport tools should be dedicated to the identification of medical waste;

5、Establishment of a temporary storage place for medical waste, equipment, not open storage, and set up a special responsible management Storing, and set up a person responsible for the management;

6, good registration, including the source, type, weight and quantity, handover time, the final destination and the operator's signature, etc., the information is kept for three years;

7, the temporary storage of garbage, facilities and timely cleaning and disinfection of the treatment of transfer of trade in medical waste is prohibited;

8, the storage of medical waste shall not be more than 2 days, the transport tool after the end of each day, the medical waste shall not exceed 2 days. After the end of the daily work on the transportation tools for cleaning and disinfection;

9, the loss of medical waste, leakage, proliferation and accidents occur, should be reported to the competent administrative department of health within 48 hours, resulting in the occurrence of infectious diseases, according to the relevant provisions of the report, and emergency treatment.

Legal basis

"Regulations on the Management of Medical Waste"

Article XIII of the medical and health institutions and centralized disposal of medical waste, shall take effective measures to prevent the loss, leakage, proliferation of medical waste.

In the event of medical waste loss, leakage, proliferation, medical and health institutions and centralized medical waste disposal unit shall take emergency measures to reduce the harm, to provide medical care and on-site rescue of patients; and at the same time to the local people's government at the county level, the competent administrative department of health, the competent administrative department of environmental protection report, and may be jeopardized by the unit and the residents of the notification.