What is in your sharps bin?
In Namaimo, Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were called to deal with explosive materials found inside sharps container at tent city. Nanaimo RCMP say it was the right call to […]
Clinical Waste Discussion Forum
Clinical Waste Discussion Forum
Canvey not clearing needles and clinical waste
Needles and clinical waste are not being collected raising fears about disease and the safety of bin collectors. Castle Point Council is due to take over the collection of clinical […]
Officials admit clinical waste incineration shortage
NHS Improvement and Environment Agency officials have previously privately acknowledged problems with England’s incineration capacity Healthcare Environment Services says it will take legal action against trusts which cancelled contracts Company’s […]
HES Ltd, Clinical Waste Update: Parliamentary written statement
Lord O’Shaughnessy (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health) delivered a written statement to the House yesterday, which has appeared in Hansard today. This statement is to update the House […]
NHS waste backlog: Criminal probe launched
Few can have missed the generally lurid headlines concerning a ‘mountain of clinical wastes and human body parts’ that seem to have appeared in all news websites, TV news and […]
Clinical waste driver
Clinical Waste Driver Salary/Rate £7.83 – £8.00/hour bonus Location Bloxwich Description Clinical Waste Driver required to work with a Bloxwich based company. Full time, minimum 40 hours per wk, Mon–Fri, […]
Fenland clinical waste charging issues rumble on
Fenland Council plans, or is that a threat (?), to impose charges to patients/householders for domiciliary clinical waste collections rumble on. The driver has been a decision by the NHS […]
Grundon – Clinical Waste sales executive
If you have at least two years’ sales experience, ideally in field sales (you have proven ability to successfully cold call), and are keen to get stuck into a rewarding […]
Veolia to trial electric bin lorries powered by energy-from-waste
Waste management firm Veolia’s vehicle fleet is set to include two fully-electric bin lorries, which will be charged with power derived from waste collected by the company. The project will […]
US study sheds light on needlestick injuries at MRFs
The hazards of needles to MRF sorters are well recognized, but new research puts an estimate to just how many workers are injured by them each year. In a survey, […]
Fenland to impose charges to patients for domestic sharps collections
As we noted previously, it is now confirmed that Fenland District Council WILL bill patients directly for the collection of sharps containers from domestic premises. We reported on news reports […]
Clinical waste to dump, then back to wards!
Lagos, Nigeria, isn’t the place where one might expect the highest standards of hygiene and infection prevention, or of probity. So it is perhaps no surprise to read this piece […]
SRCL fails in tender case and “hurt NHS”
A case against NHS England for allegedly accepting an “abnormally low” offer as part of a contract for clinical waste disposal services in a case brought by SRCL has been dismissed […]
Medical waste management crucial to a liveable city
THE High Court’s directive to the government on Sunday to create a separate Medical Waste Management Authority in each division by October 4 is welcome. The court gave the directive […]
Mum must pay to dispose of her 12-year-old’s diabetic needles
A Mum is reported to be “utterly shocked” after being told she will have to pay to dispose of her 12-year-old diabetic daughter’s needles, and quite rightly so. A council […]
Council slammed over lack of clinical waste collections
A health and safety expert has criticised Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWaC) for failing to provide a clinical waste collection service. Tony Whittaker, of Artillery Road, Saighton, said the […]
Clinical Waste is not always what it seems!
That’s right. Clinical Waste is not always what it seems! If you’re in doubt, take a look at https://www.facebook.com/pages/biz/Clinical-Waste-1587879224819945/. Clinical Waste describe themselves as “West Suffolk Hopsital [sic] Rock/Pop covers band, […]
Clinical waste plan for disused Hanley Swan incinerator
A disused incinerator could be brought back to life as a plant to dispose of clinical waste. The incinerator, at Hangmans Lane, Hanley Swan, was built in the early 1970s to […]
Street cleaners find human organs in garbage bin
Street cleaners in a northeastern Egyptian city found a medical waste bag in a garbage bin filled with human liver, other organs, and surgical instruments. Mahmoud, a cleaner, said he […]
Operator/Driver Clinical Waste
Production Operative/Driver £10ph Cobham Based (Temp to Perm Position) Salary/Rate – £10.00/hour Location – Cobham, Surrey Agency – Interaction Recruitment This role is for an immediate start – they are looking to locate […]
Man died 20 years after prick from infected needle
A man with a learning disability who contracted Hepatitis B from a dirty needle while gardening died due to the virus twenty years later. Dermot Redmond (53) from Walkinstown Road […]
Pharmaceutical drugs in York’s rivers
Scientists have found 29 different types of pharmaceutical drugs in York’s two rivers. Samples from the Foss and the Ouse contained a range of drugs – including antidepressants and antibiotics. The […]
Discarded needles won’t “jump out and bite you”
In a comment that perhaps rates as the most arrogant and ill-advised comment ever made regarding sharps safety, health ‘officials’ are urging Londoners to become more educated about discarded needles […]
Newport hospitals’ medical wrap waste fuels recycling
A corner of the hospital site is being used to drive what Gwent’s health board and a south Wales company hope will be a revolution in waste recycling. Every day, […]
A Royal day out?
Princess Royal visits Shotts energy plant and officially opened Healthcare Environmental Group’s waste to energy plant. The day was planned to celebrate the positive contribution that the new eco park will […]
Pilfering from clinical wastes
A US nurse admitted in court pilfering from clinical wastes to obtain drugs apparently ‘to aid in suicide attempts at her home’, but denied using those drugs and/or the syringes […]
Van Driver: Clinical Waste
Van Driver Required Daytime hours but some flexibility required on Occasion GBP20,800 Monday to Friday 40hrs per week (Cobham, Surrey) A van driver is required to commence a permanent role […]
They’ve stuffed up: How the hospital lost my mum’s arm
On occasions, people want to keep their gallstones as a memento of their operation, and there is the ongoing issue of disposal of foetal remains and the question of a […]
HONcode approval continues
Delighted to report that the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum and Blenkharn Environmental have received continuing approval from HONcode, our commitment to: The 8 HONcode Principles are Principle 1 – Authority Principle […]
The workers are revolting!
Striking workers trash Johannesburg Hospital The disruptive actions of striking workers at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital are unacceptable and need to be dealt with decisively, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday […]