In reality, incidents of punishment due to substandard discharge of medical wastewater may occur around us. It is the responsibility of relevant staff to prevent such incidents from happening. In this article, we will learn how to ensure the qualified discharge of medical wastewater.
Simply put, it is essential to properly conduct disinfection and sterilization of medical wastewater, as well as monitoring of such wastewater. The purpose of these processes is to disinfect the wastewater and then verify whether all water quality indicators meet the standards through monitoring. Under normal circumstances, discharge is only allowed after all monitored indicators are qualified.
Medical wastewater contains a large amount of harmful substances, especially bacteria and viruses. In this case, an Online Fecal Coliform Analyzer can be used to detect the total number of coliform bacteria in the wastewater, so as to understand the bacterial contamination status.
Staff must not take chances, thinking that no treatment or casual treatment regardless of the data is acceptable. They must strictly follow the regulations and requirements. Failure to do so will likely result in violations and corresponding penalties, mainly involving two legal provisions:
1.Article 47, Item 5 of the Regulations on the Administration of Medical Wastesstipulates that wastewater, excrement of patients with infectious diseases and suspected infectious diseases must be strictly disinfected. If such waste is directly discharged into the sewage treatment system without meeting the relevant standards, corresponding penalties will be imposed, including warnings and fines. In serious cases, the practicing license or business license may be revoked.
2.Article 39 of the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law prohibits the use of seepage pits, cracks, karst caves, etc., as well as acts to evade supervision such as falsifying or tampering with monitoring data, or failing to operate water pollution prevention and control facilities normally.
In summary, relevant staff are required to comply with the requirements issued by the competent authorities and exercise strict self-discipline, so as to ensure the qualified discharge of medical wastewater.
