Objective:To construct a comprehensive management platform for medical waste based on Internet of Things technique,so as to achieve standardized and refined management for medical waste. Methods:Based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology,automation equipment technique,artificial intelligence (AI) robotics technique,big data,5G communication and other digital techniques,the browser and server (B/S) architecture was adopted to set perception layer,edge computing layer,transmission layer,platform layer,application layer and presentation layer,and to build a comprehensive management platform of medical waste that integrated real-time tracking,monitoring,control and management of the entire process of collection,transportation and disposal for medical waste. Results:The comprehensive management platform for medical waste was designed on the basis of Internet of Things architecture,which consisted of intelligent hardware equipment,business management system of medical waste,and auxiliary decision-making system. It can complete automated classification,identification,sterilization,environmental information collection,operation recording,and automated distribution and transportation of entire process and each stage of collection and processing for medical waste,and can realize traceability of whole course for "zero contact" processing,comprehensive "zero blind spots" monitoring,and full data "one network" analysis of the entire process included each stage from collection to disposal for medical waste. Conclusion:The comprehensive management platform for medical waste based on Internet of Things technique can meet the supervision of full process for the disposal of medical waste,and can improve the daily operational efficiency of management institutions of medical waste,and reduce labor costs.
Internet of Things (IoT) technologyMedical wasteManagement platformTreatment and disposal of medical waste