But is it art?
Recognise this? Yes? It’s a sack of clinical waste (medical waste) after autoclave sterilisation. But is it art? Well, yes it is. San Antonio artist Sarah Sudhoff continues her exploration […]
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Hospital recycles operating room waste into park benches
A Brunswick, Maine, hospital is reported to be successfully recycling operating room waste into park benches. Mid Coast Hospital has launched a new recycling program that turns plastic waste from its […]
Turning the clock back
Reading a misprint today, “Hospital Integrated Waste Steam Solutions“, it should have been waste ‘stream’ solutions raised the question why not use the hospital steam supply to process clinical wastes […]
SteriMed / SteriMed Junior users in the UK
We have an enquiry, by email, from an NHS Clinical Waste Discussion Group visitor: Does anyone know of any NHS or other medical facilities who are using the SteriMed/SteriMed […]
Pharma product wrappers, vials & containers
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 […]
HSE issues autoclave guidance
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 […]
Leave it out!
Advertising flimflam is part of the way of things these days, and we all take it with a generous pinch of salt. In the UK, claims have to be compliant with […]
Managing Norovirus waste
Norovirus outbreaks continue to be a major seasonal problem and cause huge disruption to care services with substantial morbidity and mortality. What to do with Norovirus waste? Much waste will be destined for the toilet […]
Couch rolls
I had the misfortune of a hospital appointment yesterday, for a series of tests that too place in a modest sized room equipped with an examination couch and a whole […]
What is the CO2 footprint of your waste management operation?
What is the CO2 footprint of your waste management operation? Ir is an important question, for all our sakes, and must be considered by waste producers, operators, planners and regulators alike. […]
One man’s trash is another man’s tumour
In what is little more than a bit of advertising flimflam appearing in Wyoming News, the title “One man’s trash is another man’s tumor” reads well and fits perfectly with […]
Taking work home with you?
Many waste handlers and ancillary workers inadvertently take their work home with them, on contaminated shoes and on dirty clothing. And now, it seems, so do microbiologists! Last updated: Saturday, […]
Handling waste from Norovirus outbreaks
The Hospital Infection Society is presently reviewing the penultimate draft of its guidance document “Guidelines for the Management of Norovirus Outbreaks in Acute and Community Health and Social Care Settings”. […]
Taking glass out of pathology wastes
The vast majority of pathology laboratory waste can be recycled. It contains a high proportion of plastic and with the exception of glass, not much else. That glass fraction is […]
Jamaica invests in ATT processing
The Cabinet of Jamaica has approved a US$899,668 contract to Ecodas Limited for the supply and installation of medical waste equipment at the Southeast Medical Waste Treatment Facility. This new […]
Europe’s burning desire for alternatives to medical waste incineration
Mar 28, 2011 03:30 ET Frost & Sullivan: Europe’s Burning Desire for Alternatives to Medical Waste Incineration Last updated: Friday, May 10, 2019
Crematorium supports environment
Many of us, one day, will make our way to the crematorium and not return, but on that final journey will we also be making a contribution to lowering the […]
CCTV footage of Sterecycle explosion
YouTube has a short video clip of CCTV footage showing the violence of the Rotherham Sterecycle explosion. This film was taken from a security camera in an adjacent building situated across a […]
Two injured in Sterecycle plant ‘explosion’
Two people are injured after an “explosion” at Sterecycle’s CHP Rotherham plant. Last updated: Monday, October 26, 2015
Unsafe waste disposal threatening Saudi public health
Unsafe disposal of garbage and medical waste is posing threat to public health in Al-Ajwad District in eastern Jeddah. Disgruntled area residents have complained that a company operating in the […]