Blenkharn Environmental - Led by Science, Driven by Research

<BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" bottommargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"><H5><TABLE WIDTH="800" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"><TR><TD WIDTH="100%"><P><CENTER> <h1><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="+1" FACE="Arial">Ian Blenkharn</FONT></h1> <p><b><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">MSc CBiol MIBiol CSci FRIPH FIBMS GradMCIWM</FONT></b></p> </CENTER><CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Environmental & healthcare microbiology<BR>Bio-hazardous & clinical waste management; Consultancy<BR>Training, audit & evaluation; General & bio-safety; SHEQ<br>  </FONT></B></CENTER> <div align="right"> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"><TR><TD WIDTH="100%" align="right"><CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Viewing other pages of this site ideally requires a browser capable of displaying frames</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">, though the links on this page will allow full access to all pages</FONT></B></CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE></div> <FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><HR WIDTH="780"></FONT> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top"><br> <b><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="index.htm">Home</a><br> <a href="expertise.html">Expertise</a><br> <a href="background.html">Background</a><br> <a href="news.html">News Items</a><br> <a href="Questions.html">Questionnaires</a></font></b><br> <font size="1" face="Arial" color="#666666"><b><a href="Q3.html">Use of disposable suction canisters and liners</a></b></font><br> <br> <b><font size="1" color="#666666" face="Arial"> <a target="_self" href="Q4.html">Infections, accidents and near-misses with clinical wastes</a></font></b><p> <b><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="publications.html">Publications</a><br> <a href="download.html">Downloads</a><br> <a href="clients.html">Clients</a><br> <a href="Audit.html">Waste Audit</a><br> <a href="Forum.html">Discussion Forum</a><br> <a href="services.html">Services</a><br> <a href="search.html">Search</a><br> <a href="address.html">Contact</a></font></b></p> <p><b> <font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="230808/tocproto.htm">Browse the Discussion Forum message index</a></font></b><p><b> <font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></font></b><p> </td> <td width="657" valign="top"><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> <img border="0" src="images/Signpost7.jpg" width="242" height="345" align="right" hspace="0" alt="signpost"></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE> <h1> <font face="Arial"><A NAME="top"></A></font><FONT COLOR="#595959" FACE="Arial" size="2">Ian Blenkharn offers a highly valued consultancy service specialising in aspects of environmental and healthcare microbiology, waste management, and bio-safety.</FONT></h1><P><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Ian has strong science-based research record in aspects of environmental and healthcare microbiology in excess of 30 years, and a background in NHS and University Medical School laboratory science with more than 25 years post-qualification experience.</FONT></P><P><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">With a wide overview and involvement in healthcare issues at home and abroad, including teaching at home and overseas that includes teaching and training on healthcare-related issues in developing countries, Ian is perhaps uniquely experienced to offer specialist services in a number of key areas:</FONT></P><UL><UL><LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Clinical waste management & control</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Comprehensive waste audit</FONT></B><LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Safety evaluation; risk assessment; training; instruction manuals</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Site survey; audit; testing & analysis</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">SHEQ; hygiene & PPE assessments</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Environmental & healthcare microbiology</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Litigation, briefings, planning and licensing</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <TABLE BORDER="2" WIDTH="178" CELLSPACING="0" ALIGN="right" ID="table1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#FF9900" CELLPADDING="3" height="259"><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" height="257" align="right"><CENTER><h1> <b><FONT COLOR="#800000" SIZE="1" FACE="Arial"><br></FONT><FONT COLOR="#800000" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial">Clinical Waste Discussion Forum</FONT></b><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#595959"><br><span style="font-weight: 400">T</span></font><span style="font-style: normal"><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="1" FACE="Arial"><span style="font-weight: 400">he Clinical Waste Discussion Forum is a non-commercial information <span style="background-color: #FFFFFF">exchange</span> for anyone working with, responsible for, or concerned about clinical wastes, from point of production to final destruction. Use the menu button on the left of the screen<br></span></FONT></span><font size="1" face="Arial"><br></font><span style="font-weight: 400"><FONT FACE="Arial" size="1"><A HREF="Forum.html" TARGET="_self"> <IMG SRC="images/j0234764.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="136" HEIGHT="83" NATURALSIZEFLAG="0" ALIGN="bottom" alt="Clinical Waste Discussion Forum"></A></FONT></h1></CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Hospital, community and environmental<br> infection control</FONT></B><LI><B> <FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Technology assessment; process control;<br>product design & evaluation</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> </UL></UL> <p><font color="#595959" size="-1" face="Arial">Whatever you need - advice on a one-off basis or ongoing specialist support - expert assistance is at hand. Detailed, up-to-date and fully independent research-driven advice; an agreed target completion date; a rapid and thorough response with clear, comprehensive reports, with sound yet practical recommendations which can, if required, be combined with an extensive follow-up and support service.</font></p> <BLOCKQUOTE><P><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">International client base:</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><UL><UL><LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">waste management sector</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">pharmaceutical & equipment manufacturers</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">local, regional & central government,<br>government agencies</FONT></B><font face="Arial"> </font> <LI><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">educational, charitable & aid-agencies; NGOs</FONT></B><li> <b><font face="Arial" color="#595959" size="2">small & medium businesses, and start-ups, requiring either general or more specific guidance to put in place or improve existing health & safety systems</font></b></li> </UL></UL><BLOCKQUOTE><P align="left"><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Extensive background in University & NHS healthcare,</FONT><a target="Frame4990" href="sitemap.html"><img border="0" src="images/sitemap.jpg" width="71" height="57" lowsrc="sitemap" longdesc="sitemap" alt="sitemap" align="right"></a><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><br>teaching & biomedical research</FONT></P><P><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Registered with the UK Register of Expert Witnesses</FONT></P><P><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">NEBOSH certificated</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <p> </td> </tr> </table> <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><HR ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="780"></FONT></P><P><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="76%"><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" NOWRAP WIDTH="486"><BLOCKQUOTE><P><B><FONT COLOR="#595959" FACE="Arial">Ian Blenkharn<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">18 South Road<BR>Ealing<BR>London W5 4RY</FONT></B></P><P><FONT COLOR="#595959" SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Phone +44 (0)20 8569 8316<BR>Fax +44 (0)20 8847 5994<BR>Mobile 07802 431811<BR>email </FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="mailto:blenkharn@ianblenkharn.com">blenkharn@ianblenkharn.com</A></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></TD><TD WIDTH="122" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><IMG SRC="images/ewlogo.jpg" WIDTH="110" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="1" ALT="Expert Witness"></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></P><BLOCKQUOTE><P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="#top"><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><IMG SRC="images/up_arrow_f2.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="15" ALIGN="RIGHT" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3" ALT="go to top of page"></FONT></A> </BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TABLE></H5> <h1><font color="#CCFFCC"><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font size="1" face="Arial"> clinical waste, hazardous waste, healthcare waste, medical waste, waste management, safety, environmental microbiology, hospital hygiene, healthcare microbiology, audit, Clinical Waste Discussion Forum, infection control, microbiology, health & safety, community & environmental infection control, risk assessment, hospital-acquired infection, healthcare-associated infection, </font></span> <FONT FACE="Arial" size="1">Ian Blenkharn is an independent microbiologist with more than 30 years experience in the NHS and UK Universities focussing on aspects of healthcare and environmental microbiology. He has particular research interests in hospital and environmental microbiology, healthcare waste management, surgical sepsis and the control of hospital infection, and bio-safety</FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial">. </FONT><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font size="1" face="Arial">Clinical waste management & control, Environmental & healthcare microbiology. Hospital, community & environmental infection control, Training; safety evaluation; audit; risk assessment. Health & safety support for new start-up as well as small to medium businesses. Technology assessment; process control; product design & evaluation .Planning; registration; licensing, International client base: waste management, pharmaceutical & equipment manufacturers; local, regional & central government and government agencies; educational, charitable & aid-agencies .Extensive background in University & NHS healthcare, teaching and biomedical research. Over 30 years experience in medical microbiology. Registered with the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. Having published extensively and lectured widely, both at home and abroad, on aspects of hospital hygiene, the prevention and control of infection in hospitals, and healthcare waste management, Ian maintains an extensive private practice. This focuses on several aspects of general and environmental microbiology, together with pharmaceutical microbiology, infection control, product design, development and evaluation, audit, and training in the healthcare waste and environment sectors. He has acted for several key public- and commercial-sector clients in the UK and elsewhere, as an advisor on aspects of healthcare waste management and waste disposal. Local, regional and central government agencies together with educational, charitable and aid agencies feature among an international client base. Ian is member of the editorial reviewer panel of Waste Management, and an occasional reviewer for The Journal of Hospital Infection, The Journal of Environmental Management, and The British Journal of Surgery. A member of the Institute of Biology, and of the Hospital Infection Society, and a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science, Ian is a Chartered Biolog</font></span><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: 400">ist (CBiol) and Chartered Scientist a Graduate Member of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, and an Associate Member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management.  He is Registered with the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, and has several years experience in the preparation of legal reports, briefings and Expert Witness reports, including work in the Crown and High Court, Planning and Public Inquiry. Ian is an External Adviser to the Healthcare Commission. The cost of kerbside recycling? Domestic recycling of kitchen wastes - health hazards for householders and collection staff?  Potential compromise of hospital hygiene by clinical waste carts. Clinical Waste Discussion Forum. Safe working with clinical wastes - an investigation of incidents, accidents and near-misses. Lowering standards of clinical waste management - Do the Hazardous Waste Regulations conflict with CDC Universal Precautions? Glove use by ancillary and support staff - a paradox of prevention? Standards of clinical waste management in UK hospitals. New waste audit services for healthcare establishments and other clinical waste producers. A career lifetime in NHS and associated UK Medical School employment (Royal Postgraduate Medical School, now Imperial College, London) as a service and research microbiologist provided the framework for studies in environmental and healthcare microbiology. Specialist interests include the microbiology of healthcare (clinical) waste and procedures for its safe collection, transport and disposal; biological and general safety, risk assessment and management; hospital infection, including in particular device- and equipment-related infection; post-surgical and biliary tract sepsis; and the more general aspects of technology assessment; process control, product design & evaluation. With a special emphasis of teaching, training, tutoring, mentoring and coaching, and the preparation of training documentation, SOPs, risk assessments and guidance briefings Ian Blenkharn has a successful portfolio of generic and contract research, consultancies and legal (Expert Witness) work in appropriate areas, both at home and abroad.; SHEQ<br>  </font></span></font></h1> </BODY>