Chapter II
IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL WASTES
Article 5. Groups of medical wastes
Based on their physical, chemical and biological properties and hazards, wastes in medical establishments are classified into the following 5 groups:
1. Contagious wastes
2. Hazardous chemical wastes
3. Radioactive wastes
4. Pressure containers
5. General wastes.
Article 6. Types of medical wastes
1. Contagious wastes:
a/ Sharp and pointed wastes (Type A) are those which can cause cuts or punctures and may be infected, including injection needles, sharp and pointed ends of transfusion tubes, scalpels, nails and saws, injection ampoules, broken glass pieces and other sharp and pointed instruments used in medical activities.
b/ Non sharp and non-pointed contagious wastes (Type B) are those stained with blood or body biological fluids and wastes from isolation wards.
c/ Highly contagious wastes (Type C) are those generated at laboratories such as swabs and containers stained with swabs.
d/ Surgery wastes (Type D), which include human tissues, organs, body parts; placentas, fetuses and tested animal carcasses.
2. Hazardous chemical wastes:
a/ Expired or poor-quality pharmaceuticals which are no longer usable.
b/ Hazardous chemicals used in medical activities (Appendix 1 to this Regulation).
c/ Tissue intoxicants, including drug bottles and pots, instruments stained with tissue intoxicants or substances secreted from patients treated with chemicals (Appendix 2 to this Regulation).
d/ Wastes containing heavy metals: mercury (from broken thermometers, blood pressure meters, wastes from dental treatment), cadimi (Cd (from batteries, accumulated batteries), lead (from lead-coated boards or materials used to prevent X-rays from image diagnosis or X-ray treatment rooms).
3. Radioactive wastes:
Radioactive wastes include solid, liquid and gaseous ones, which are generated from diagnostic, therapeutic, research and production activities.
The list or radioactive drugs and marked compounds used in diagnosis and therapy was promulgated together with Decision No. 33/2006/QD-BYT of October 24, 2006, of the Minister of Health.
4. Pressure containers, which include oxygen, CO2 or gas cylinders, prone to cause fires and explosion when put on the fire.
5. General wastes are those which do not contain contagious elements, hazardous chemicals, radioactive substances, inflammable or explosive elements, including:
a/ Garbage from patients’ rooms (excluding isolation wards).
b/ Wastes generated from medical activities such as glass bottles and pots, serum bottles, plastic materials, assorted plasters for broken bone cast, which are not stained with blood, biological fluids and hazardous chemicals.
c/ Wastes generated from administrative activities: papers, newspapers, documents, packing materials, cardboard boxes, plastic bags and film bags.
d/ External wastes: leaves and garbage from external areas.
Tìm kiếm
Quyết định 43/2007/QĐ-BYT về quy chế quản lý chất thải y tế (Bản Word)