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Analysis of the status quo of China's medical waste treatment industry in 2019

With the development of medical science and technology and the improvement of people's living standards and health conditions, disposable medical and sanitary products have begun to be widely used in clinics, which has brought huge difficulties to the treatment of medical waste. However, due to my country's long-term insufficient attention to the disposal of medical waste, the current level of medical waste management technology and hardware level in my country lags behind the development of social economy. Therefore, the current medical waste treatment in my country is very chaotic, and there are even phenomena such as selling to recycling vendors, randomly discarding, and mixing with domestic garbage. Chart 1: Current status of medical waste treatment in my country. Source: Qianzhan Industry Research Institute. Chart 2: my country’s medical waste treatment industry development pain points. Source: Qianzhan Industry Research Institute. China’s medical waste treatment technology: high-temperature incineration. The remaining technologies are supplemented by a variety of medical waste disposal technologies in my country, including sterilization and disinfection, incineration, plasma, pyrolysis, and sanitary landfill. Among them, the high temperature incineration method is the mainstream technology in the field of medical waste treatment. The reason is that the incineration method is suitable for various infectious medical wastes, because 92% of the total weight of the medical waste is combustible components, and the non-combustible components are only 8%. , Under certain temperature and sufficient oxygen conditions, it can be completely burned into ashes. Incineration is a chemical process of deep oxidation. Under the action of high-temperature flame, the medical waste in the incineration equipment is converted into residue and gas through the three stages of drying, ignition and incineration. Pathogenic microorganisms and harmful substances are in the incineration process. It is also effectively destroyed due to high temperature, and can effectively reduce volume and weight. In addition, the plasma method is an innovative technology for the treatment of medical waste. It can use the high temperature generated by the plasma arc furnace to kill all microorganisms in the medical waste, destroy the toxic drugs and toxic chemicals remaining in the cells, and sharpen the metal. The device and inorganic chemicals are melted and destroyed completely. Chart 3: Comparison of various medical waste treatment technologies Source: Foresight Industry Research Institute compiled the scale of China's medical waste generation: rapid growth year by year Because of the wide range of medical waste sources, it is difficult to accurately and rigorously count the amount of medical waste generated. The total amount of medical waste generated is usually estimated based on the number of beds in medical institutions, the utilization rate of beds, and the average amount of medical waste generated per unit bed per day, that is, the total amount of medical waste generated by medical institutions u003d the amount of medical waste generated in hospitalization + outpatient medical treatment The amount of waste generated. Prospects Based on the medical waste generation standards of various medical institutions in my country, the number of hospital admissions, average length of stay in hospitals in recent years, and the number of doctors and treatments in China in recent years, the amount of medical waste generated in my country in recent years has been estimated. Data shows that with the rapid increase in the number of hospital admissions and the number of doctors and treatments in my country, the amount of medical waste generated in China is increasing year by year. In 2010, it was 1.3497 million tons and rose to 1.9195 million tons in 2016. 6.05%, the growth is very rapid. In addition, according to the number of hospitalizations and the number of medical services in my country from 1 to 10 in 2017, it is estimated that the amount of medical waste generated in my country will reach 1,990,300 tons in 2017. Chart 4: 2010-2017 China's medical services (unit: 10,000 people, days, 10,000 person-times) Source: Qianzhan Industry Research Institute compiled Chart 5: 2010-2017 China's medical waste generation and year-on-year growth (unit: 10,000 tons, %) Source: Foresight Industry Research Institute sorts out medical wastes that are very harmful and needs to accelerate the standardized development of the industry. Medical wastes have the characteristics of spatial pollution, acute infection and latent infection, and the harm of virus bacteria is a few of the harm of urban domestic waste. Ten times or even hundreds of times. If poorly managed or improperly handled, medical waste can easily cause pollution to water, soil and air, and can easily become the source of the spread of the virus and cause the spread of the epidemic. Although my country promulgated the 'Medical Waste Management Measures for Medical and Health Institutions' as early as 2003, the long-term insufficient attention has led to the slow development of the medical waste treatment industry. Most of the hazardous waste in my country is still at a low level of comprehensive utilization or simply stored or even directly. Emission status. Therefore, in the future, it is necessary and urgent to speed up the formulation of medical waste treatment measures and treatment standard policies, increase enforcement efforts, and encourage social capital in the industry to enter the industry, so that the standardized development of the industry is very necessary and urgent.

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