US clinical waste van stolen
Topeka (Kansas) police are investigating the theft of a van carrying bio-medical waste materials. Police were called to 3520 West 6th Friday morning on the theft. Through an electronic tracking app, […]
Topeka (Kansas) police are investigating the theft of a van carrying bio-medical waste materials. Police were called to 3520 West 6th Friday morning on the theft. Through an electronic tracking app, […]
There are many pressures on hospitals and other healthcare service providers, healthcare consumables and equipment suppliers, designers, builders and operators of healthcare premises, and of those servicing the waste disposal […]
Consultation on proposed Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013 began on 8 August 2012. Although there is technically nothing new in these regulations they do provide codification […]
Basildon Hospital is under investigation for failing to properly dispose of potentially hazardous medical waste, including used syringes. The Environment Agency are ‘probing’ how syringes and other equipment used to drain […]
The last of four co-defendants was sentenced Monday to a year in federal custody for his role in a conspiracy to intercept and resell prescription painkillers slated for destruction as […]
We are becoming accustomed to re-usable sharps containers, not least because of the bullish advertising of their sole manufacturer. But now, there might be a new kid on the block. […]
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have offered a drug disposal guide but for registered customers only. Pfizer is the first pharmaceutical company to make this resource available to health care professionals to […]
The selection of colour coding for clinical waste containers, dictated by the notional properties of those wastes and in particular the risk of infection – yellow or orange – is rather […]
A recent announcement from HSE records nine deaths involving the UK waste and recycling industry since June 15, 2012. That is an appalling statistic, and HSE are sending “warnings” to the […]
People in the United States took more prescription drugs than ever last year, with the number of prescriptions increasing from 3.99 billion (with a cost of $308.6 billion) in 2010 to […]
With few, if any environmentally-friendly, low-cost options for safe disposal of infectious wastes that might be used in resource-poor regions, there has for many years been a need for technical […]
Daniels International are now evaluating their Clinismart system in the UK and elsewhere. Surrounded by the full range of ‘in your face’ advertising that has been a feature of Daniels Sharpsmart […]
The Hampshire, UK-based company PyroPure has developed a small-scale on-site thermal treatment unit intended, at least initially, for offensive wastes. At around the size of a chest freezer the system […]
In his excellent publication Hospital Waste, volume 14/3, Alan B Jones writes from the US perspective of the disposal of the various wrappers, vials & containers that had previously contained […]
“Medical waste is not recyclable” This is the banner headline in a news report concerning, yet again, the persistent problem of sharps turning up in household recyclables. The statement is […]
Believe it or not, the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum has been on the go now for more than 16 full years! The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum exists for the benefit of […]
There has, for some considerable time, been considerable interest in the re-processing for re-use of single-use medical equipment and devices. If reprocessing is undertaken with sufficient care to provide a safe and effective […]
Representatives of the pressure group Health Care Without Harm have set themselves against pyrolysis for clinical (medical) wastes, and probably for anything else too. Environment and health advocates – their own […]
GreenBiz.com is questioning the suitability of new US laws that will require pharmaceutical manufacturers to make a financial contribution to disposal of their products. “Officials in Alameda County, California are breaking new […]
“A young woman stole a sharps box from Hackettstown Regional Medical Center and removed needles and medications from it, police said. “On Aug 24 at about 4:53 am police were […]
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 […]
Last updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Blood splashes and smears are common on the external surfaces of sharps bins. Occurring mostly when sharps attached to a short length of plastic tubing, or an entire infusion set […]
The Bac Kan-based Hoa Tu Long Industry Company officially put the medical waste incinerator (YT30) into operation. This is the first high-tech incinerator made in Vietnam. The incinerator has the capacity of […]
Concerns have been reported of hygiene worries about the Royal Free Hospital after cockroach, rat and feral pigeon sightings. We should not be particularly surprised as these problems are really not uncommon within hospitals, either […]
The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) has finalized an agreement with Stanford University Medical Center to begin a six-month pilot study to develop a better understanding of plastic waste characterization within healthcare facilities. […]
The season for flu vaccine is not far away and in the UK alone millions of vaccine doses will be administered, almost every one from a single-use pre-filled syringe. In […]
Perhaps surprisingly, GPs have for years received cash supplements for the disposal of trade waste as part of their contracts with PCTs. Their enjoyment of this welcome uplift in funding, which […]
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published guidance on the safe use of industrial autoclaves, which can be used to treat waste. The guidance ‘Safety requirements for autoclaves’, addresses […]
A few minutes away from the main Peshawar hospitals, children rummage through trash, collecting used syringes, sharp blades and blood bags. These children are gathering medical waste from garbage dumps […]