Medical institution sewage treatment in Qingpu District of Shanghai

VernacularTitle:上海市青浦区医疗机构污水处理现况调查
Author: Yi HAN ¹ ; Li-qun XIA ; Dan-dan XIANG
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1. Supervision Institute of Qingpu District Health Commission, Shanghai 201799, China
Publication Type:Research Article
Keywords: medical institution sewage; sewage treatment; total residual chlorine; fecal coliform number
From: Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;32(5):445-
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the status of medical institution sewage treatment in Qingpu District of Shanghai, and to make corresponding measures in improving sewage management in medical institutions. Methods Questionnaire survey was conducted on selected 95 medical institutions in Qingpu District to investigate sewage treatment status and sewage samples were collected from 30 medical institutions with 20 beds or above to test their sanitary quality. Results Operating rate of sewage handling equipment was 98.9%, the proportion of medical institutions using chlorine disinfectant was 87.4%, the total qualified rate of residual chlorine was 66.7%, the total qualified rate of fecal coliform number was 70.0%, and overall qualified rate was 60.0%. Conclusion The qualified rate of medical institutions sewage in Qingpu District is not optimistic enough.It is necessary to strengthen sewage personnel training and health supervision to ensure the safety of medical institution sewage.