New life for blue wrap?
An Asheville nurse is using leftover medical blue wrap material to help the homeless. Every day, cloth wrapping is used to keep medical instruments sterile before use. At the end […]
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Welsh company pioneers clinical waste recycling process
The Cardiff-based company, Thermal Compaction Group (TCG) has developed a new clinical waste recycling process, which could transform how healthcare providers deal with clinical waste and create a new revenue […]
Nurse creates bags from discarded polyprop surgical wrap
An Arizona nurse has created shoulder bags from discarded non-woven polypropylene surgical wrap from surgical instrument wraps. Often discarded – unnecessarily, as it is merely a sterile outer wrapper for sterile […]
‘Recova wrap’ recycling scheme for the NHS
It’s the bane of many waste treatment facilities. Blue spun (non-woven) polypropylene wrap often ties its way around the best of shredders causing many hold-ups and some equipment damage during […]