Emergency Management of Medical Wastewater in Hospitals Specializing in Infectious Diseases : A Case Study of Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, China

Medical wastewater originating from hospitals specializing in infectious diseases pose a major risk to human and environmental health during pandemics. However, there have been few systematic studies on the management of this type of wastewater management. The function of the Huoshenshan Hospital as a designated emergency field hospital for the treatment of COVID-19 has provided lessons for the management measures of medical wastewater, mainly including: (1) Modern information technology, management schemes, and related standard systems provided the legislative foundation for emergency management of medical wastewater. (2) The three-tier prevention and control medical wastewater management system ensured the discharged wastewater met water quality standards, especially for the leak-proof sealed collection system of the first tier, and the biological and chemical treatment technology of the second tier. (3) The establishment of an effective three-tier medical wastewater quality monitoring accountability system. This system was particularly relevant for ensuring continuous data monitoring and dynamic analysis of characteristic indicators. (4) Information disclosure by government and public supervision promoted successful implementation of medical wastewater management and control measures. Public questionnaires (n = 212) further confirmed the effectiveness of information disclosure. The results of this study can act as methodological reference for the emergency management of wastewater in designated infectious disease hospitals under similar situations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 19(2021), 1 vom: 30. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, Jia-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Shu-Shu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xia-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Wen-Xuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Emergency management
Huoshenshan Hospital
Journal Article
Management measures
Medical wastewater
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Waste Water

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.01.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph19010381

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335457959