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Institute for Environmental Health and Relative Products Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Caozj@139.com
Contents
Overview of mercury pollution
The production of mercury medial devices The use of mercury medial devices The alternative of mercury medial devices Outlook on mercury-free medical health
Li he. Mercury emissions reduction, a new title of pollution prevention and control [N]. Science and Technology Daily from 2010 -05-23.
Mercury and mercuride were included on list of the first patch of toxic chemicals banned or severely restricted in China Mercury and mercuride were on the list of Categories of medical waste as chemical waste
2003
2005
Mercury thermometer and sphygmomanometers are listed on national Catalogue of Industrial Structure Adjustment 2005 as restricted item
Li he. Tough coming mercury-free health care [N]. Science and Technology Daily from 2010 -05-23 (1).
Mercury production
A history of more than 2,000 years Biggest volume of production of mercury-containing medical devices
Health Care Without Harm .The Global Movement for Mercury[R]. Yi Rongrong. Chinese mercury consumption of device industry excesses 200 tons[N]. Science Times ,2010-01-06 (A2).
manufacturers excess 20
Report of IPEN(1)
16 hospitals of 4 Cities in China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Fenyang and Kunming. Mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers were prevalent mercury-free thermometers were used in only 2 hospitals
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Report of IPEN(2)
Both mercury and mercury-free meters were used in about of hospitals Consumers could buy mercury-free thermometers in markets. More than 55% of shops offer both mercury and mercury-free thermometers the latter is more expensive.
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.org.cn/userfiles/0505.doc
A local research
The loss of mercury due to mercury meters taking at least 95% of the total loss
Wang Junling, Zhang Zengjie, Han Yuhua. Study on Pollution Emission Reduction Countermeasure about Hospital mercury-bearing Waste[J].Environmental Science and Management, 2010,35(7):1013
Shaoxing people hospitals in Zhejiang province actively used mercury-free thermometers and sphygmomanometers, so as to create mercuryfree hospital
medical devices
3. Limitation of the mercury-free medical devices
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Expensive price
The cost is the core issue. The digital thermometers are 11 times more expensive than mercury devices in China.
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Limitation
Burn patients cannot take electronic
thermometer
Outlook on mercury-free medical health A scientific development guideline Meet China's actual conditions We will realize mercury-free medical and health care
Thank You!