What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan.

ABSTRACT: The global pandemic caused by the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a dramatic increase in medical waste worldwide. This tremendous increase in medical waste is an important transmission medium for the virus and thus poses new and serious challenges to urban medical waste management. This study investigates the response of medical waste management to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent changes in Wuhan City based on the most detailed data available, including waste generation, storage, transportation, and disposal. The results show that despite a 5-fold increase in the demand for daily medical waste disposal in the peak period, the quick responses in the storage, transportation, and disposal sectors during the pandemic ensured that all medical waste was disposed of within 24 hours of

SUBMITTER: Chen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011665 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature