School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 17;18(10):5316. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105316.
At present, strategies for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic have made significant and strategic strides; however, and the large quantities of healthcare treatment waste have become another important "battlefield". For example, in Wuhan, the production rate of healthcare waste in hospitals, communities, temporary storage, and other units was much faster than the disposal rate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Improving the efficiency of healthcare waste transfer and treatment has become an important task for government health and environmental protection departments at all levels. Based on the situation of healthcare waste disposal in Wuhan during the critical period of the pandemic, this paper analyzes and studies green governance principles and summarizes the problems that exist in the current healthcare waste management system. Through the establishment of temporary storage facilities along transit routes, digital simulation and bionic experiments were carried out in the Hongshan District of Wuhan to improve the efficiency of healthcare waste transfer. Furthermore, this study discusses the coordination and cooperation of government, hospitals, communities, and other departments in the healthcare waste disposal process and provides guiding suggestions for healthcare waste disposal nationwide in order to deal with potential risks and provide effective references in all regions.
目前，控制 COVID-19 大流行的策略已经取得了重大而战略性的进展；然而，大量的医疗保健治疗废物已成为另一个重要的“战场”。例如，在武汉，医院、社区、临时储存等单位的医疗废物产生速度比 COVID-19 大流行期间的处理速度快得多。提高医疗废物转移和处理的效率已成为各级政府卫生和环保部门的一项重要任务。本文基于疫情期间武汉医疗废物处置情况，分析研究绿色治理原则，总结当前医疗废物管理体系中存在的问题。通过在运输路线沿线建立临时储存设施，对武汉市洪山区进行数字模拟和仿生实验，提高医疗废物转移效率。此外，本研究还探讨了政府、医院、社区等部门在医疗废物处理过程中的协调与合作，为全国医疗废物处理提供指导建议，以应对潜在风险，为各地区提供有效参考。
