The role of medical trash cans and the classification of medical wastes Medical waste bins are mainly used to contain wastes of direct or indirect infectious, toxic and other hazards arising from medical, preventive, health care and other related activities.
The Medical Waste Classification Catalog divides medical waste into five categories:
1. Infectious waste refers to medical waste carrying pathogenic microorganisms that cause the spread of infectious diseases, including items contaminated by the patient's blood, body fluids, and excreta, garbage generated by patients with infectious diseases, etc. Welcome to the company's official website http://
2. Pathological waste refers to human waste and medical test animal carcasses produced during the diagnosis and treatment process, including discarded human tissue generated during surgery, human tissue after pathological sectioning, pathological wax, etc.;
3. Injurious waste refers to discarded medical sharps capable of stabbing or cutting the human body, including medical needles, scalpels, scalpels, glass test tubes, etc.;
4. Drug-related waste refers to expired, eliminated, deteriorated or contaminated waste drugs, including discarded general drugs, discarded cytotoxic drugs and genotoxic drugs;
5. Chemical waste refers to waste chemicals that are toxic, corrosive, flammable and explosive, such as discarded chemical reagents, chemical disinfectants, mercury sphygmomanometers, mercury thermometers, etc. The general chemical reagents discarded in the laboratory and discarded disinfectants are discharged into the sewer. The sharp weapon box is divided into bags for collection and recycling. The disposal method is as follows: high-risk wastes such as culture medium, specimens and strains of pathogens in medical waste should be autoclaved or chemically disinfected, and then pressed. Infectious waste collection and treatment.