2011 Local Authority clinical waste audit
The first part of the results of the 2011 Local Authority clinical waste audit have now been published. Dealing with the management of clinical wastes from domestic premises, this is published in […]
The first part of the results of the 2011 Local Authority clinical waste audit have now been published. Dealing with the management of clinical wastes from domestic premises, this is published in […]
The National Clinical Guideline Centre has released its latest and probably last draft of its document “Infection: prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in primary and community care” for pre-publication […]
The effective management of clinical and related wastes is one part – generally the last part – in a complex undertaking that starts with procurement of supplies and clinical practice, […]
It is several years ago that the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum predicted a substantial increase in community-based care with patients managed for an increasing complex range of conditions at local clinics […]
In many parts of the world, waste tips and landfill sites are populated by scavengers who scrape a living from the salvage of reusable and recyclable items from wastes. Many […]
It’s that time of year again, and most regions are reporting massive increases in winter vomiting (Norovirus) virus outbreaks. Norovirus is a particularly infectious agent. It is transmitted directly from person to person […]
Last updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Residents in Charlotte, NC are concerned about clinical wastes left at the scene of a motor vehicle accident, drawing attention to what one man calls a gap in the law. A […]
Not for the first time, SRCL in the south west of England are facing scrutiny after the Competition Commission has provisionally found that the company’s purchase of EcoWaste South West might lead to […]
Waste containing radioactive particles released from the National Cancer Institute, Maharagama (Cancer Hospital) were responsible for cancers among the villagers living in its vicinity, the Western Provincial Council’s Environment Ministry […]
Cutting costs and reducing waste have been a primary focus for healthcare facilities in the years since the recession hit, prompting many to look into implementing pharmacy process improvement. US […]
This message, from Chris Lowe, PPC/RSR Officer 1 from the Environment Agency England & Wales) will cause considerable concern to many organisations working on hospital and university sites. “It has come […]
Medical waste processor SteriHealth has defended the Queensland Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2011, disputing claims by business rival Ace Waste that they contradict the Act and allow for the […]
As the US completes its withdrawal from Iraq and begins to draw down in Afghanistan, the American military, pursuant to what is claimed to be its “pollute and run” policy, is abandoning […]
It is claimed that the Department of Environment (DOE) has wrongly approved a medical waste incinerator site with no buffer zone of 1 km radius at the SME Industrial Estate in Lok Kawi, East Malaysia, some […]
There is a long and troubled history surrounding the disposal of clinical and other waste in Malta. With repeated suggestions of corruption, of dubious ‘experts’ basing their advice more on hospitality […]
A US$155 million hospital waste water treatment project was kicked off yesterday by the Ministry of Health and financed by the World Bank in Ha Noi, Vietnam. The project aims to […]
Concern in Hartlepool about several backstreet tattooists operating there. “Several investigations have recently been carried out in Hartlepool into unregistered tattoo and piercing businesses operating out of private homes. “Those […]
A potentially interesting paper published recently in the International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics reports the incidence of sharps injuries in hospital staff in Turkey. Though the journal is […]
Many UK hospitals store waste in a corner of the hospital car park. There are obvious advantages since access by large vehicles collecting that waste will generally be easier, though […]
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in San Fernando, Philippines, is setting up checkpoints along the North Luzon Expressway and the Manila North Road (MacArthur Highway) to prevent the transport of […]
“Two bin men have been seriously injured by broken glass discarded in the rubbish. “One suffered a one-and-a-half inch gash to his arm from a broken bottle sticking out of […]
Dental hygiene and infection prevention has been a major issue in recent UK practise but the management of clinical and sharps waste from dental surgeries has never really hit the […]
“At least 73 people have died after a fire tore through an Indian hospital this morning. “Many of the elderly patients died after they were trapped by smoke as the […]
“The health of thousands of residents at a housing area is at risk from emissions from a bio-hazard waste incinerator plant operating practically at their doorstep. “Each day tonnes of […]
The importance of a robust and effective disposal infrastructure operating adequate regulatory oversight at every stage is exemplified by news from China where over 200 individuals have acqured Hepatitis C […]
Vast quantities of pharmaceuticals are wasted each year, primarily as unwanted ‘trade’ samples and surplus or date-restricted stocks held by small dispensaries. Leaving aside the matter of excreted drug substance […]
“Scripps Health and Sharp Memorial Hospital have settled separate civil lawsuits with the county District Attorney’s Office for improperly disposing medical and hazardous wastes, including human blood and tissue, in […]
In a deliberately hand wringing piece, the Washington Post reports on the acknowledgement of remains from 274 soldiers in landfill! “The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at […]
Veolia ES Solid Waste Inc., one of the US largest solid waste management companies, is going on the auction block. Paris-based Veolia Environment, which operates in dozens of countries around […]