Suggested guidelines for emergency treatment of medical waste during COVID-19: Chinese experience

Yufeng Ma; Xiaoqing Lin; Angjian Wu; Qunxing Huang; Xiaodong Li; Jianhua Yan

doi:10.1007/s42768-020-00039-8

Suggested guidelines for emergency treatment of medical waste during COVID-19: Chinese experience

Waste Dispos Sustain Energy. 2020;2(2):81-84. doi: 10.1007/s42768-020-00039-8. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Authors

Yufeng Ma¹, Xiaoqing Lin¹, Angjian Wu¹, Qunxing Huang¹, Xiaodong Li¹, Jianhua Yan¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory for Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China.

Abstract

During the period of COVID-19, the medical waste disposal capacity is seriously inadequate. The main technical process of the municipal solid waste incineration system is the same as that of the medical waste incineration system. Under the conditions of optimizing the technological process, improving the supporting facilities, and controlling the co-processing ratio, the municipal solid waste incinerator (grate furnace) co-processing medical waste is feasible. Some suggested guidelines for emergency treatment of medical waste from COVID-19 have been provided by China.

Keywords: COVID-19; Emergency treatment; Medical waste.

Publication types

Review