To avoid the risk of infection,
waste must be disposed of after thorough disinfection
One of the wastes that needs to be disposed of correctly is medical waste.
There are various changes, and general household waste and medical waste are separately classified and disposed of to prevent the risk of infectious diseases.
Risk of infection of medical waste
Waste that is likely to infect the human body, human tissue, or animal carcasses are wastes that must be specially managed for environmental protection.
Just because it’s medical waste, not all of the waste from medical institutions is medical waste.
It is designated only if there is a risk of special infection or if you think special care is needed.
Waste that comes into contact with medical waste should be classified as medical waste.
For accurate classification, you need to know what kind of medical waste contains.
Isolated medical waste is divided into hazardous medical waste general medical waste.
Medical waste is divided into five categories.
5 types risk of infection
Parts of the body with blood, such as animal tissues and organs, are classified as tissue logistics waste.
Gloves slide containers, etc., which were used for examination tests, pathological waste, injection needle blades, etc
Classify as damaging waste.
If you have blood contamination and containers such as anticancer drugs, you should classify them separately as biochemical waste and dispose of them.
In the case of medical waste, it should be stored in a dedicated container before discharging it.
Since there is the greatest risk of infection, waste should not be touched recklessly, and it should be collected and transported using only special vehicles.
Medical waste is to be incinerated and disposed of after being sterilized or incinerated in a dedicated incineration facility, not a general incinerator.
Dedicated containers for storing medical waste are divided into boxes and envelopes.
In the box container, all waste containing blood, except isolated medical waste and tissue damage waste, should be stored in the box.
The rest of the medical waste is stored in cardboard boxes or envelopes.
Containers dedicated to medical waste should be labeled RFID so that they can be classified with the waste according to it.
Using tags, you can easily see where the waste disposal process is going.
Medical waste can be classified according to shape or color.
The red mark shows medical waste for isolated medical waste, but generally yellow, recyclable medical waste is green
It’s marked.
As the number of infected people increases due to the pandemic, the incidence of medical waste is much higher than before.
It will have to be thoroughly disinfected to prevent other victims from occurring.