In life, people will use medical gauze to dress wounds if they are accidentally injured, but many people do not know what kind of garbage it belongs to when they discard medical gauze. Because medical gauze has been in contact with human blood, it is a household waste that is directly or potentially harmful to human health or the natural environment, and therefore belongs to hazardous waste. The following is to understand the use of medical gauze blocks and precautions.

A. What kind of garbage does medical gauze belong to
Personal use of medical gauze is generally dry garbage, if it is a large amount of medical waste generated by hospitals and other medical places, it is hazardous medical waste and there will be special hospital disposal channels.

Second, why household gauze to do dry garbage
1, residential hazardous waste production is small, so the frequency of removal is much lower than that of dry garbage, such items reside in the community with health hazards.

2, residential areas generated by hazardous waste before entering the end disposal, there are pre-processing sorting link involves manual sorting, from common sense, this kind of used things and direct contact with the human body is not safe.

Third, the correct use of medical gauze block
1, determine whether the medical gauze is sterile, check the product packaging logo and product instructions.
2, if it is sterile medical gauze, you can use it directly, if it is non-sterile gauze, it needs to be disinfected by high temperature and high pressure steam or ethylene oxide and other methods before use.
3, after unpacking it will be soaked in water for a few seconds, this is to make it play a better effect. The temperature of water is generally at 25 degrees as appropriate.
4、When wrapping should pay attention to good elasticity, not too tight, not breathable will make the wound deteriorate, too loose then will make dust or other foreign bodies into the wound, more detrimental to wound healing and recovery. And should be adjusted according to the patient's comfort to the medical gauze bandage appropriate.

Fourth, the medical gauze precautions
1, when buying and selling to check the appearance of the product. The product should be soft, odorless, tasteless, pure white color, does not contain other fibers and processing substances, should not show strong blue fluorescence under ultraviolet light.
2, if you find the product packaging is damaged, or has exceeded the expiration date, please immediately discard.
3, medical gauze is disposable, so do not reuse.
Medical gauze is suitable for medical and health care institutions, wound care and family trauma care, etc. The scope of use is relatively wide, pay attention to the characteristics of the product when stored, do not put the product in a humid environment, and away from fire and flammable products to avoid accidents.