Top Medical Waste Removal Mistakes Is your facility guilty of these common medical waste removal mistakes? Laboratories, hospitals, private practice offices, dental facilities, and even veterinary offices are all places that produce medical waste, and they are required by federal, state, and even local laws, to create a medical waste removal plan. Despite the abundance […]
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Must-Haves for Infection Control Be sure to have these must-haves handy for optimal infection control. Infection control programs help identify and reduce risks of infections in patients and healthcare workers, but any good plan requires a list of must-haves to make the plan functional to prevent lapses, mistakes, and health risks. Healthcare facilities and other
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3 Ways to Reduce Medical Waste Why reduce medical waste? The answer is simple: it can help cut costs while keeping the environment safe. How much medical waste does your facility produce in a week? A month? A year? A medical waste removal program is designed to mitigate risk and prevent contamination for staff and
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All About Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as PPE, is equipment worn to minimize exposure to a variety of hazards. Every person that stays in or visits a healthcare environment is at risk of acquiring an infection but for the healthcare worker, the risk is greater. Workers are more susceptible
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The EPA Rule on Pharmaceutical Waste: What You Need to Know The EPA proposed new Management Standards for Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste sets regulations on how we dispose of pharmaceutical waste. Pharmaceutical waste management is a long and complicated topic that falls within the hub of hazardous waste management. Many studies conducted in the U.S. have
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Sharps Safety 101 Sharps related injuries are unfortunately still too common. Prevention and training are key factors to mitigating risk. According to the CDC, there are approximately 385,000 needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries to hospital-based healthcare personnel each year, which is why sharps safety is one of the top concerns in the medical community. On
Tips for OSHA Compliance Whether you work in a medical lab or a veterinary office, there are a set of rules in place to help maintain OSHA compliance. Medical facilities are one of the most hazardous places to work, which is why the Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA) has outlined procedures and protocols to
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10 Facts About Medical Waste Compliance To understand the details of medical waste compliance, you should be familiar with some of the compliance facts. Poor management of medical waste potentially exposes health care workers, waste handlers, patients, and the community at large to infection, toxic effects and injuries, and also risks polluting the environment. Compliance
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Single-use Medical Devices: To Reuse or Toss? Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. That is the EPA’s motto for protecting our environment, but this adage doesn’t always apply to the medical waste field. Medical waste, and more specifically, regulated medical waste (RMW), has a different set of rules when it comes to disposal and reusing because of the
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Medical Waste Management for Funeral Homes Healthcare facilities like hospitals, dental clinics, nursing homes, and physicians’ offices generate a large amount of daily medical waste. Less talked about producers of medical waste include tattoo parlors and funeral homes, both of which deal with instruments that come in contact with bodily fluids and other regulated medical
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