Mobile Toilets Support Fangcang Hospitals

Mobile toilets have played a crucial role in the construction and operation of Fangcang hospitals, preventing virus spread, enabling rapid deployment, and meeting personnel needs.

I. Preventing Virus Spread
In Fangcang hospitals, where patients are concentrated, improper handling of excreta can pose a potential risk for virus transmission. Mobile toilets, with their independent and enclosed designs, isolate patient excreta from the external environment, preventing direct discharge into the sewage system. For example, in the Fangcang hospital converted from the Wuhan Hongshan Gymnasium, excreta from mobile toilets used by patients underwent centralized disinfection, effectively cutting off the possibility of virus transmission through the fecal-oral route. This approach aligns with the principle of “source control” in infectious disease prevention and provides important guarantees for infection control within the hospital.

II. Rapid Deployment and Flexible Adjustment
Fangcang hospitals need to be constructed and put into operation within a short timeframe. Traditional fixed toilets have long construction periods and limited site selection options, whereas mobile toilets, with their modular and movable characteristics, can be quickly transported to the site and installed. Ningbo Beilun Senrui Mould Co., Ltd. urgently produced 170 mobile toilets to support Wuhan, with the first batch of 51 arriving and being put into use in a short time, significantly shortening the preparation period for the Fangcang hospital. Additionally, mobile toilets can be flexibly adjusted in terms of location and quantity according to patient numbers and functional zoning requirements, adapting to the dynamic management needs of Fangcang hospitals.

III. Meeting the Needs of Frontline Personnel
In addition to patients, Fangcang hospitals also need to provide basic living facilities for medical staff, logistics personnel, and others. Mobile toilets can be used in conjunction with mobile shower rooms to meet the toilet and showering needs of frontline personnel. For example, the Hongkou District Environmental Sanitation Management Department installed eight mobile shower rooms and one mobile toilet at the Guangzhong Road Fangcang hospital and coordinated with enterprises to regularly pump out excreta, ensuring the continuous availability of the facilities. This “one-stop” solution not only improves personnel efficiency but also reduces the risk of cross-infection.

IV. Professional Operation and Maintenance Support
The handling of excreta from mobile toilets requires the intervention of professional teams. In the referenced cases, environmental sanitation departments coordinated with enterprises to regularly pump out excreta, avoiding sanitation hazards caused by delayed cleaning. Some mobile toilets are also equipped with disinfection devices that can perform preliminary treatment of excreta, further reducing the risk of virus transmission. This integrated “construction-operation and maintenance” model ensures the long-term stable operation of sanitation facilities in Fangcang hospitals.