Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

Description
Guidelines on healthcare waste treatment in hospital
Guidelines for inspectors in cities/provinces health services on healthcare waste management in
hospitals.
Regulation on hospitals
Assign the Ministry of Health in actively coordinate with concerning sectors/ministers to develop
the master plan of healthcare solid waste management in the whole country.
Strategy for solid waste management in urban and industrial zones in 2020. Target 2005 -2020:
Collection and treatment of solid healthcare waste by burning method in big cities.
Hazardous waste classification. Identify the responsibilities and functions of workers who collect
and transport and disposal wastes. Identify MoH’s responsibility on 1) Monitoring, developing
effective obligations for hospitals¸ coordinating with the MONDRE, Ministry of Construction in
making master plan, choosing technology/equipment/construction investment and operating
system of medical waste incinerators compliant to Vietnamese environment standards. 2) Issue
the regulations of HCWM
Regulation on healthcare waste management
Emission standard for medical solid waste incinerator
Regulation on technical requirements of incinerators for healthcare wastes. Minimum
requirement for the second chamber of the incinerator do not less than 1050 0 C with retention
time >1s. Capacity 400kg/day should have
dry cleaner
Issue on Technical guidelines on hazardous waste burying.
National discharged standard for hospital wastewater
Method for evaluating medical solid waste incinerator
National technical requirement for medical solid waste incinerator
Ministry of Health in charge of environmental protection in healthcare sector
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