Title: STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL HAZARD AND CONTROL MEASURES OF MEDICAL WASTE IN NANCHANG
Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the present situation of medical waste treatment,so as to provide basis for the scientific management and no harmful treatment of hospital garbage.Methods14 representative hospitals had been investigated using epidemiological methods. The people investigated included hospital leaders,doctors,nurses,laboratories,managers and cleaners in prevention department and relative departments. The content of investigation mainly included the harmful knowledge about medical waste,management,classification collection,treatment and sterilization,product and constituent,reuse and prevention methods of cleaners.ResultsThe research crowd had better awareness of knowledge about medical waste,while it had a tertian problems about management,classification collection,and disposal of medical waste. The medical waste was mainly composed of the skin of fruit and meal(10.71%),paper product(31.36%),cotton textiles(13.21%),plastic textiles(26.79%),glass textiles(11.86% ),and metal and wood textiles(6.07%).ConclusionThe harm of management and sterilization should be widespread and depth propaganda as well as reinforce the management and sterilization of medical waste.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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