Proceedings of the Conference on Health and Wellbeing in Modern Society (CHW 2021)

Disinfection of Medical Devices

Authors
A.D. Strekalovskaya1, *, O.V. Baranova1, A.V. Rachinskih1, A.A. Bakaev1, E.A. Drozdova1
1Orenburg state university, department of medical and biological equipment
*Corresponding author. Email: kwan111@yandex.ru
Corresponding Author
A.D. Strekalovskaya
Available Online 17 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.220103.055How to use a DOI?
Keywords
disinfection; medical waste; healthcare waste; disinfection; E. coli
Abstract

The problem of waste management of medical and preventive institutions (MPI) in the Russian Federation in modern conditions is considered as an important epidemiological and environmental component of the safety of the population of the country. Since 1979, the World Health Organization has classified medical waste as hazardous and recommended the creation of special services for their recycling. The Basel Convention in 1992 identified 45 types of hazardous waste, the list of which opens with “clinical” waste. The specificity of medical waste of MPI is associated with the presence of pathogenic microflora in them in one way or another. The content of microorganisms in them is 1000 times higher than in solid household waste, the total microbial number is significantly higher in them compared to household waste, pathogenic bacteria and viruses are detected. In addition to the bacteria of the E. coli and Proteus bacillus group, pathogens of viral infections, tuberculosis and anthrax are often found in the medical waste of MPI. Potentially infected waste is characterized by high polymorphism, so a wide variety of morphological composition, which can be represented by leftovers of food and packaging materials that have been in contact with infectious patients, used dressings, personal hygiene items, dishes and instruments for sampling, syringes, needles and so on.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Conference on Health and Wellbeing in Modern Society (CHW 2021)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
17 January 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-513-8
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.220103.055How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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