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KMID : 0950619940030010061
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Journanl of Allied Health Sciences
1994 Volume.3 No. 1 p.61 ~ p.88
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The Investigation on the Treatment Methods and Problems of Medical Wastes
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Lee Yong-Sung
Sohn Jong-Ryeul
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Abstract
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the generation rate, treatment and the problems of medical wastes based on the papers, government published magazines and concerned with books and papers.
The results were as follow :
1. The generation rate of infectious waste in 1993 was 5,201ton/year and then the syringe and gauze was 4,990ton/year(94%), the tissues of patients was 311ton/year(6%).
And the figure has been increased about 19.5% in a year in comparison with about 3.9% in U.S.A. This result was about 5times as high as that of a foreign country.
2. The range of infectious waste was accurately determined on the medical wastes and then the separating collection of this wastes had been conducted in regular. It was important that the sources of infectious waste was detailedly investigated.
3. The treatment Methods of medical wastes was mainly incineration and the other those were recycling and landfill. The medical waste generated inhospitals (about 60? was treated in the offsite incineration under contract by private companies and the rest of those (about 40%) was treated in the own incineration of hospitals.
But this facilities were unsuitable on the teataent of infectious waste in aspect of air pollution protection.
4. In the point of problem in medical for the protection of infection from the medical wastes, the separated basket for infectious waste should be prepared, the BHS and double package should be used in hospital.
5. Above all, it was important was that the manageaent and control system of medical wastes should be improved in hospital management.
For example, the manifest system for the manageaent of medical wastes was reguired.
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