Medical waste workers play a vital role in disposing of the large amount of medical refuse generated in Wuhan every day. They are very close to the source of the virus and run a high risk of infection, but still devote themselves to fighting the epidemic.

The amount of medical waste has seen a huge increase after the epidemic broke out. "There are about 220 buckets of medical waste every day in our hospital, and one bucket weighs 15 to 20 kilograms," said Liu Zhigang, director of Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine.

During the outbreak, medical waste management requires a stricter standard than normal times, and workers need to take various steps in garbage disinfection, transfer and handover.

在抗擊新冠肺炎疫情過程中，除了前線醫(yī)護(hù)人員，負(fù)責(zé)處理醫(yī)療廢棄物的人員也離感染源非常近，危險性很高。每天，在武漢的醫(yī)院里，大量的醫(yī)療廢棄物需要經(jīng)過嚴(yán)密的流程進(jìn)行稱重、消毒、轉(zhuǎn)運，每一個步驟不允許出現(xiàn)任何疏忽和差錯?！白蠲Φ臅r候，一天只能睡2-3個小時”，雖然辛苦，但醫(yī)療廢棄物團(tuán)隊的處理人員以專業(yè)的技術(shù)為抗擊疫情提供保障，用科學(xué)的堅守筑起疾控的每一道防線。向他們致敬！