Effective treatment of medical waste
Medical waste contains many elements that are hazardous to human health and the environment. At the Provincial General Hospital, for more than 3 years, medical waste has been properly treated, contributing to reducing environmental pollution.
Aware of the danger of medical waste, from medical staff, medical staff to patients’ family members in most departments and rooms of the hospital, waste is sorted at source. First of all, in each room, board, and hospital bed, there are separate containers for each type of waste, corresponding to different colors to make it easy to collect and handle. According to the regulations, medical staff will sort waste into each suitable container, then the aide will collect it and bring it to the collection and treatment area.
At the gathering area, medical waste is classified into hazardous waste and ordinary waste. Hazardous waste is treated on the spot by the unit with advanced technology; and domestic waste, it will coordinate with outside units to handle it, so as not to backlog and cause pollution.
In addition to waste, medical wastewater is also a cause of pollution of groundwater and surface water. Because medical wastewater contains pathogenic bacteria and viruses, it is necessary to have the most effective and timely treatment solution. At the Provincial General Hospital, in addition to hazardous medical waste treatment technology, the hospital also has a centralized medical wastewater treatment system.
Ms. Le Thi Chien, Deputy Head of Infection Control Department, Provincial General Hospital said: All wastewater from care, operations, treatment, subclinical testing, X-ray is accumulated according to the system. system in the center. Here, it will be treated with modern technology, quarterly environmental monitoring will be achieved, no adverse impact on the environment.
| In the past, the hospital treated medical waste mainly by manual incineration, so people complained a lot and affected the health of the staff. Since 2018 until now, the hospital has received a project to treat medical waste with new technology, so the treatment of medical waste is done more effectively. |
| Ms. LE THIEN, Deputy Head of Infection Control Department, Provincial General Hospital |
Hazardous medical waste and wastewater are at risk of spreading and spreading disease to the community. Therefore, in addition to the Provincial General Hospital, a number of large medical facilities in the province have also equipped on-site waste treatment systems, replacing manual treatment as before. However, in order to effectively implement the treatment of hazardous waste, minimize the spread and spread of pathogens, and pollute the environment, together with the efforts of medical facilities, the functional sector, Relevant agencies should closely monitor the treatment of waste at medical centers, private clinics, hospitals, etc.
100% Reusable
Operating since 2010, the industrial waste and hazardous waste treatment plant of Binh Phuoc Green Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., stands at hamlet 5, Minh Lap commune, Chon Thanh town with an area of more than 50 ha, the treatment scale is 111,100 tons/year and is continuing to be upgraded to about 500,000 tons/year.
With a large scale, the factory collects and treats many types of medical waste, hazardous waste, industrial waste; recycling and recovery of steel furnace dust, cleaning acids and metal-containing sludge, lubricants, batteries, etc.
The campus of the industrial waste and hazardous waste treatment plant of Binh Phuoc Xanh Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
The waste is collected by the unit in Binh Phuoc province and neighboring provinces and cities. After collection, they are classified, treated and recycled by modern technological lines. There are wastes that are treated by incinerators, there are also valuable wastes that are recovered by zinc and iron recovery systems, chemical production systems, light bulbs, metal cleaning… All after treatment are reused, sold commercially, and do not cause environmental pollution. Deputy Director of Binh Phuoc Green Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. Vo Thanh Hieu said: The final output product of the plant that is difficult to take advantage of is the waste ash from the incinerator, but the company also reuses it thoroughly. It is taking waste ash mixed with some compounds to produce unburnt bricks to make roads, build flower beds, and campus.
Hazardous liquid waste and wastewater treatment system Green Binh Phuoc Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
In addition to solid waste, hazardous liquid wastes from production and daily-life establishments are also collected and thoroughly treated. Currently, the plant has 2 advanced and modern technology wastewater treatment systems. Wastewater after treatment is used as cooling water for incinerators, cleaning factories, making use of metal cleaning, rinsing drums, etc.
Join hands to protect the environment
Industrial waste and hazardous waste treatment plant belonging to Mien Dong Environment Joint Stock Company was built in Can Le hamlet, Loc Thinh commune, Loc Ninh district. The factory has been licensed to operate by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment since 2019 with 5 main areas: hazardous waste incinerators, with a capacity of 72 tons/hour; wastewater treatment system, capacity 120m3/hour; FOr oil recycling system 40 tons raw material/day; system of 2 sludge kilns, capacity 48 tons/day. Factory director Nguyen Viet Thanh said: The factory combines the most advanced processes of the world, Korea and Germany, to apply treatment and recycling of all kinds of waste.
Factory system of industrial waste and hazardous waste treatment plants of Mien Dong Environment Joint Stock Company
All kinds of waste are classified and treated by the collection unit, according to the chain, ensuring the standards, without adversely affecting the environment. Currently, the plant has 2 output wastes, which are the ash from the 3-ton/hour incinerator, solidified and buried by a system of 12 burial pits with a capacity of 12,600 tons/year, and the output wastewater meets A standard. to the environment. The factory has 2 automatic monitoring systems to measure and monitor emissions and treated wastewater discharged into the environment. This system is intended to monitor indicators of physical, chemical and biological properties of waste, then transmit information to a pollution control center, helping environmental authorities to accurately monitor developments. environmental quality.
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