Study on Key Points in Revising of Technical Codes for the Centralized Disposal of Medical Wastes

Aiming at the problems of the context and implementation of the Technical Codes for Centralized Disposal of Medical Wastes, six key points were put forward for revising the standard, including the role of the standard and coordination with other standards, the adjustment of time and temperature requirement of temporary storage, the protection distance requirement of medical waste disposal plants, the scope adjustment and selection of treatment and disposal techniques, the requirement of emergency disposal management, and the enhancement of standard validity. It is proposed that the standard should cover the whole process of medical wastes management and, as a connecting technical documents, it should not only integrate the relevant contents of other standards for medical wastes but also include uncovered links or technical management requirements, such as temporary storage links, emergency disposal links and high temperature and dry heat sterilization technique. The requirement of low temperature storage should be added for temporary storage time and temperature, the determination of protection distance be based on existing environmental standard management requirements and actual conditions, the technique development be considered in selection of treatment and disposal techniques, the co-disposal techniques for medical wastes be considered in development of emergency plans, and the standard validity be enhanced by convert the standard to compulsory one.