DECONTAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF RED BAG WASTE

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：美国每年 医院产生了超过716 000吨受管制的生物医学废物， 实验室和诊所。安全、经济地处置这些废物， 在环境准则内是一个日益严重的问题。普遍接受的方法 废物处理，如焚烧、高压灭菌、蒸汽灭菌，以及 出货现场，现在是公众关注的目标和更严格的 监管控制。美国环保署新的清洁空气法案标准的医疗 全国3,700座焚烧炉中的80%可能会关闭 医院焚化炉，因此，迫切需要有效的 医疗废物处理。这项建议涉及一种新的冷杀菌法， 一种使用气相过氧化氢处理 传染性废物这种灭菌过程提供了成本优势， 现有的方法，允许的要求是最低的，因为没有 气体或液体排放，它在环境温度下运行，操作员 责任很小。在第一期项目中， 每天处理数百磅医疗废物的装置 将被开发和评估。 拟议商业应用：不可用

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): Each year in the United States over 716,000 tons of regulated biomedical waste are generated by hospitals, laboratories and clinics. Disposal of these wastes safely, economically, and within environmental guidelines is a growing problem. Commonly accepted methods of waste treatment such as incineration, autoclaving, steam sterilization, and shipment off site, are now targets of public concern and more stringent regulatory control. The EPA new Clean Air Act standards for medical incinerators will likely shut down 80 percent of the nation's 3,700 on-site hospital incinerators and, therefore, there is an urgent need for efficient treatment for medical waste. This proposal concerns a new cold sterilization technique that uses vapor phase hydrogen peroxide for the treatment of infectious waste. This sterilization process offers cost advantages over existing methods, permitting requirements are minimal because there are no gaseous or liquid emissions, it operates at ambient temperatures, and operator liability is minimal. In the Phase I project, a pilot scale on-site treatment unit with a capacity to treat several hundred pounds of medical waste per day will be developed and evaluated. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE