What Are the Medical Wastes?

Medical waste refers to contaminated waste produced by hospitals that have been in contact with the blood and flesh of patients. Such as used cotton ball, sand cloth, tape, wastewater, disposable medical equipment, post-operative waste, expired medicines, etc. Reverse recycling vending machine supplier shares with you.

1. Damaged waste

This refers to the discarded medical sharps that can stab or cut the human body. Including medical needles, suture needles; scalpels, scalpels, dermatomes, surgical saws, medical sharps; slides, glass test tubes, glass ampoules, etc.

2. Pharmaceutical waste

Refers to obsolete medicines that have expired, eliminated, deteriorated, or are contaminated. Including discarded antibiotics, non-prescription drugs and other generic drugs; discarded azathioprine, chlorambucil cisplatin, mitomycin, and immunosuppressive agents, and other cytotoxic and genotoxic drugs; discarded vaccines, Blood products, etc.

3. Infectious waste

This refers to medical wastes that carry pathogenic microorganisms with the risk of causing the spread of infectious diseases. Including cotton swabs, quilts, gauze, and other items contaminated by patients' blood, body fluids, feces; garbage generated by patients with infectious diseases; various discarded medical specimens, blood, serum; pathogen culture medium, specimens, and strains, virus species Preservation solution; disposable medical supplies and disposable medical devices after use are regarded as infectious waste.

4. Pathological waste

Refers to human waste and medical laboratory animal corpses produced in the process of diagnosis and treatment. Including discarded human tissues and organs generated during surgery and other diagnosis and treatment; tissues and cadavers of medical laboratory animals; discarded human tissues and pathological wax blocks after pathological sectioning.

5. Chemical waste

Refers to waste chemicals that are toxic, corrosive, flammable, and explosive. Including discarded chemical reagents in medical imaging rooms and laboratories; discarded chemical disinfectants such as peracetic acid and glutaraldehyde; discarded mercury sphygmomanometers and mercury thermometers.

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