Medical waste is divided into the following five categories:
1, infectious waste
Infectious waste refers to the carrying of pathogenic microorganisms with the risk of spreading infectious diseases of medical waste, including the patient's blood, bodily fluids, fecal contamination of the goods, infectious disease patients produced by the garbage and other medical waste plastics;
2, pathological waste
.Pathological waste refers to the diagnosis and treatment process of human waste and medical test animal carcasses, including waste human tissue produced in surgery, pathological section of human tissue, pathological wax block;
3, injurious waste
Injurious waste refers to the human body can be stabbed or cut the discarded medical sharps, including medical needles, scalpels, scalpels, glass test tubes, etc.
4, pharmaceutical waste
Pharmaceutical waste refers to the expiration date, elimination, deterioration or contaminated waste medicines, including discarded general medicines, discarded cytotoxic drugs and genotoxic drugs, etc.
5, chemical waste
Chemical waste refers to the toxicity, corrosiveness, flammability and explosiveness of the waste chemical items, such as discarded chemical reagents, chemical disinfectants, mercury sphygmomanometers, mercury thermometers and so on.
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Correct collection methods for medical wastes
1, bulk Expired, obsolete, deteriorated or contaminated waste medicines should be centrally collected and registered by the Department of Pharmacy according to the type and then returned to the manufacturer or handed over to the hazardous waste disposal organization for disposal.
2, a small amount of pharmaceutical waste, including discarded cytotoxic drugs and genotoxic drugs vials can be placed directly into the infectious waste medical waste bags and medical waste cans, but should be indicated on the label.
3, bulk waste chemical reagents (such as ethanol, formaldehyde, xylene, etc.), should be disposed of by specialized hazardous waste disposal agencies.
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