Chapter IV
CLASSIFICATION, COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF SOLID WASTES AT MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Article 13. Classification of solid wastes
1. Waste generators must classify wastes right at their sources.
2. Wastes must be stored in bags and bins with prescribed color codes and symbols.
Article 14. Collection of solid wastes in medical establishments
1. Waste bin locations
a/ Departments and sections must clearly identify places for bins to store each type of medical waste; waste sources must have corresponding collection bins.
b/ Waste bin locations must have classification and collection instructions.
c/ Waste bins must be up to prescribed standards and cleaned daily.
d/ Clean bags for waste collection must be always available at places where wastes are generated for replacement of bags of the same kinds, already transported to temporary waste storage places of medical establishments.
2. Each type of waste must be gathered into collection tools according to the prescribed color code and affixed with labels or inscriptions on the outside of waste bags.
3. Hazardous medical wastes must not be stored together with general wastes. If hazardous medical wastes are accidentally stored together with general wastes, such waste mixtures must be treated and destroyed like hazardous medical wastes.
4. The waste volume in each bag is only 3/4 full, then the bags must be tied up.
5. Collection frequency: Nurses or assigned employees shall collect hazardous medical wastes and general wastes from their sources to the concentrated waste places of departments at least once a day and when necessary.
6. Highly contagious wastes, before being collected to the concentrated waste places of medical establishments, must be preliminarily treated at their sources.
Article 15. Transportation of solid wastes in medical establishments
1. Hazardous wastes and general wastes generated at departments/sections must be separately transported to the waste storage places of medical establishments at least once a day and when necessary.
2. Medical establishments must prescribe the waste transport routes and time. The transportation of wastes through patients’ areas and other clean zones must be avoided.
3. Waste bags must be closely tied up and transported by special vehicles; wastes and waste liquid must not be dropped en route and their strong smells must not be dispersed in the course of transportation.
Article 16. Solid waste storage in medical establishments
1. Hazardous medical wastes and general wastes must be stored in separate chambers.
2. Re-usable and recyclable wastes must be stored separately.
3. Waste storage places in medical establishments must satisfy the following conditions:
a/ Being at least 10 meters away from dining halls, patients’ rooms, public passages, crowded places.
b/ Being accessible to waste-carrying vehicles from the outside.
c/ Waste storage houses must have roofs, protection fences, doors and locks and must not be intruded freely by animals, rodents or unconcerned persons.
d/ Their areas suit the volume of wastes generated at medical establishments.
dd/ Having hand-washing facilities and protection devices for personnel, having cleansing tools and chemicals.
e/ Having culvert systems, walls and anti-seepage floors, being well ventilated.
g/ Medical establishments are encouraged to store wastes in cold houses.
4. Duration for hazardous medical waste storage in medical establishments
a/ The duration for storage of hazardous wastes in medical establishments must not exceed 48 hours.
b/ The duration for waste storage in cold houses or boxes may reach 72 hours.
c/ Surgery wastes must be transported for daily burial or destruction.
d/ For medical establishments with a volume of less than 5 kg of medical waste a day, the collection frequency must be at least twice a week.
Tìm kiếm
Quyết định 43/2007/QĐ-BYT về quy chế quản lý chất thải y tế (Bản Word)