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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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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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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MRSA, Zika, & Ebola: Medical Waste Removal With Emerging Pathogens In the last few years, there have been many alarming headlines about emerging pathogens, from Ebola, to MRSA, and now the Zika virus. While the news may cause concern for many, there are policies, processes, and laws in place to help control and mitigate risks
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Improper Disposal of Medication is Costly to Health and Environment Prescription and over-the-counter medication, while helpful and necessary for health care, can be harmful to people, animals, and the environment if not disposed of properly. Reliable and concrete statistics are hard to come by, but it’s a safe assumption that we, as consumers, are responsible
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It’s National Smile Month. How’s the Health of Your Dental Office? Along with ringing in Summer and schools letting out, there’s a reason for several million smiles across the country this time of year: it’s National Smile Month. National Smile Month is an oral health campaign to raise awareness of important health issues, and
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