Characteristics of
Hospital Wastewater
The sewage discharged by the hospital can be divided into four types. The first type is the sewage from the infectious diseases department; the second is the waste water of radiology department; the third kind is wastewater from general wards, outpatient areas and living areas; the fourth is laboratory wastewater.
Hospital sewage contains a certain pathogenic bacteria and viruses, which have the characteristics of space pollution, acute infection and latent infection. Hospital sewage containing pathogenic microorganisms is discharged into urban sewer or environmental water without disinfection treatment, which has the potential risk of causing water pollution, causing various diseases and infectious diseases, and seriously endangering people’s health.
