Watanabe N
Rinsho Byori. 2000 May;Suppl 112:47-52.
After the "Waste Disposal Act" was revised in 1991, only some medical wastes were legally recognized as "infectious wastes". For that reason, the disposition of medical wastes has been formally regulated. Despite the revision in the law, the system of medical waste disposal from medical facilities discharging medical wastes and disposers receiving the waste, is clearly deficient. That system is formally well-regulated, but not substantial. Especially according to some actual reports, there are many confusing problems, for example, the licensing standards are unclear, the disposition method involves inadequate incineration and sterilization, and there is no plan for safe collection and safe transportation of medical wastes. The more seriously we consider adequate disposal methods for medical wastes, the more we realize how difficult it is to find a solution to these problems.
1991年《废弃物处理法》修订后，只有部分医疗废弃物被法律认定为“感染性废弃物”。因此，医疗废弃物的处置得到了正式规范。尽管法律进行了修订，但医疗废弃物排放医疗机构与接收废弃物处理者之间的医疗废弃物处理系统明显存在缺陷。该系统形式上监管良好，但实际并非如此。特别是根据一些实际报告，存在许多令人困惑的问题，例如许可标准不明确、处置方法包括不充分的焚烧和消毒，并且没有医疗废弃物安全收集和安全运输的计划。我们越是认真考虑医疗废弃物的适当处置方法，就越意识到要找到解决这些问题的办法有多困难。
