Meals on Wheels cover for human placenta smugglers
A courier delivery van disguised as a meals on wheels vehicle has been exposed as cover for Chinese traditional medicine peddlers, who used it to collect human placentas from hospitals […]
A courier delivery van disguised as a meals on wheels vehicle has been exposed as cover for Chinese traditional medicine peddlers, who used it to collect human placentas from hospitals […]
An Oregon waste-to-energy facility has cuts ties with “aborted-baby hauler” Stericycle. The US waste-to-energy facility has been forced by the county in which it operates to cut ties with a Canadian provider […]
Sales Consultant – Clinical Waste An established name in the Clinical Waste market are looking to grow their business in the forthcoming years, they have a settled team that manage […]
Addenbrooke’s and all other NHS England hospitals have been instructed not to incinerate aborted foetuses as waste. Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England medical director has written to all trusts, including Cambridge […]
The news services have picked up a story to be aired in Channel 4 based on the claims of a mother who lost her pregnancy between 6 and 13 weeks. […]
A plastic surgery clinic in Seoul’s chic Gangnam district has been fined for displaying a decorative tower made of bone removed from patients’ chins, it appears. The clinic posted a […]
The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum has considered placenta disposal on previous occasions. Now another opportunity has been offered, to turn your placenta into a designer photo frame. The mind boggles! […]
Perhaps not surprisingly, another Ireland hospital has been found in breach of hygiene standards, and clinical waste mismanagement features in the list of failures. Presently, Ireland is in the middle […]
We cannot forget the many failings in satisfactory clinical waste management reported on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum with reports from the UK, from north and south America, Europe and Asia, the […]
A lawsuit has been filed against the WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Georgia who stand accused of tossing a stillborn baby into the clinical waste. http://acworth.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/lawsuit-wellstar-kennestone-hospital-tossed-stillborn-baby_db54be44 With accusation and counter accusation, the circumstances […]
Nearly one in three bags containing human body parts taken during healthcare procedures have leaked on their way to disposal, a study at the Auckland City Hospital suggests. Auckland District […]
It seems that clinical wastes turn up in all sorts of places. Sharps are a particular problem when they arise, but tissue wastes are perhaps less common, except perhaps after […]
Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste has been updated (March 2013) and is now available on the Gov.UK website. Interesting perhaps that this ever more bloated document if […]
We have previously reported the extent of vitriol directed at Stericycle for these perfectly legitimate contracting of waste disposal services to so-called ‘abortion clinics’ in US. Now, a group is calling […]
When pacemakers find their way to a cremator there is inevitably a rather big bang and substantial consequential contamination that is best avoided. Funeral directors do their best to capture those […]
Sounding more like a tale from some Transylvanian horror, Polish prosecutors say they are questioning a man suspected of burying body parts and other clinical (medical) wastes instead of delivering […]
Tissue waste disposal is a troublesome challenge, to be managed with considerable care. So it is a surprise to read today of a human ear, found by a dog being walked […]
“London’s Evening Standard reports that medical (clinical) waste including syringes, blood-filled tubes and pig snouts is being dumped on the pavement by Harley Street firms. “Westminster council today issued a […]
Various items of clinical waste, predominantly used sharps, can be found on the streets of London. But today’s news report from the BBC is of a placenta found by London dog […]
The press is getting exercised about a foetus – described boldly as an unborn baby in some of the more lurid headlines – found in a clinical waste bin. The […]
The disposal of human tissues in the UK is subject to the provision of the Human Tissue Act 2004 that has created particular difficulties for medical historians, archivists, researchers and routine […]
Good to see that the Bio-Bin range is extending yet again. The latest addition is a Bio-Bin for anatomical waste, ranging from placentae to larger tissue waste items. Bins are pre-labelled […]
“Where did the ankles in the landfill come from?” This unusual title is taken from Beaumont Enterprise, who ask this in connection with the discovery of several body parts found at […]
We assume, despite regulatory insistence on depositing much sanitary and offensive waste needlessly in landfill, that higher grade clinical wastes and tissue wastes in particular will be treated more effectively, probably by high […]
Tissue waste disposal – or non-disposal – is becoming something of a theme. First, it’s the US military tissue retention ‘scandal’, then the illegal DIY retention of organs by a US doctor. […]
In the UK, regulation of tissue waste retention, storage and disposal is very tightly controlled under the Human Tissue Act 2004. Elsewhere, regulation is not so tight but with a […]
It is reported that a nurse accidentally disposed of a kidney from a living donor! The University of Toledo Medical Center suspended the program after the botched transplant earlier this […]
You may have heard news bulletins today of the retention of tissues from wounded and dead UK soldiers. No doubt someone had read of the US cases, and decided to […]
Healthcare is becoming more green, slowly, sometimes very slowly, but there are improvements. Some measures are clearly valuable and worthwhile. Others perhaps less so though if it sends a positive […]
Sadly, many babies are stillborn or die at or shortly after birth. Worldwide, abortion including late abortion is a common therapeutic and/or ‘social’ procedure, the remains of which must be disposed […]