Stricter system required for proper disposal of clinical waste

A RECENT CASE IN NANJING, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, shows that the authorities must put the disposal of medical waste under strict supervision. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

The public security department in Qixia district cracked Nanjing's first case of improper disposal of clinical waste recently. It took the police more than three months to catch three people suspected of collecting infusion tubes and bags from hospitals and selling them to plastic processing workshops where they were used to make disposable tableware and plastic toys.

Medical waste differs from other types of rubbish in that it contains large amounts of pathogenic microorganism and bacteria. The disposal of medical waste is an expensive process because it should only be done by qualified professional agents.