Is that REALLY clinical waste?
When is clinical waste not clinical waste? The answer, it seems, depends on what the Local Authority want in order to bolster their argument. Perhaps this is a position that […]
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Flagstaff International Relief Effort: preventing Hepatitis C infection in Mongolia
Flagstaff International Relief Effort (FIRE) are doing a great deal of good work with Hepatitis C Virus infection in Mongolia, even more so now that the cure is available at a […]
Program trains first responders and hazardous waste workers on infectious disease safety
A National Institutes of Health training program will help approximately 35,000 first responders and workers, whose jobs may expose them to infectious diseases, protect themselves while also minimizing the spread of […]
Clinical Waste/Hygiene Driver wanted
ted to continued growth and development, a successful clinical waste and hygiene company are seeking a Clinical Waste collector/Hygiene Service Driver Title: Clinical Service Driver Job Overview: The successful candidate […]
St Helens, Haydock waste transfer station given go-ahead
Plans for a waste transfer station in Haydock, St Helens, are given the go-ahead despite resident protests. Proposals to transform an industrial warehouse into a waste transfer station have been approved by the council’s planning […]
Dogs eat a human leg dug up from tomb
A family were left horrified after going to visit the grave of a loved one in an Argentinian cemetery only to find dogs digging up human bones from tombs. The […]
Nappies dumped in children’s play area
Dirty nappies are being dumped on children’s play areas after wheelie bins are broken into and the contents tipped out. And in an unusual twist, CCTV footage of an unknown […]
Dubious professional regulation by NMC?
A nurse at Northwick Park Hospital who left a patient sitting on a toilet with the door open as well as placed a disposable plastic apron into a general waste […]
Grandmother injected with used needle during flu jab faces agonising six-month wait
A grandmother faces a terrifying six-month wait to see if she has been infected by a dirty needle used for her flu jab. Heather Johnson, 58, was horrified to be […]
Steroid abuse continues to grow
Steroid abuse and the risk of infection through drug vial and needle sharing continues to grow. Our reference to this, and the increasing number of young male gym users and […]
Ambulance woes #1
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has been told that it must improve the quality of some of its services following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission. The general cleanliness of the […]
What price a needlestick injury?
What price a needlestick injury? The average is around £2,000 but in one notable case now more that 12 years ago a young doctor managed to pick up more than […]
Torbay Council changes to clinical waste collection labelled ‘disgusting’
Changes in the way that Torbay Council collects clinical waste, but now to exclude disposable nappies, have been called ‘disgusting’. From July 21, all residents who have yellow bag collections might be […]
Plymouth Community Healthcare hiring two new nurses from £60k waste management savings
Plymouth Community Healthcare is to hire two new nurses thanks to £60,000 waste management savings. The healthcare provider has been able to fund two new nurses thanks to an improved […]
Reusable sharps bins – are they spreading gut infections?
A remarkable taster of research data soon to be presented at an upcoming APIC meeting, identifies higher rates of Clostridium difficile infection among hospitals that use reusable sharps containers. These […]
Global Feminine Hygiene (Sanitary Protection) Market: Trends &Opportunities (2014-19)
The report titled “Global Feminine Hygiene (Sanitary Protection) Market: Trends and Opportunities (2014-2019)” provides an in-depth analysis of global sanitary protection market with regional focus on major markets such as […]
Dundee addict unconscious, trousers down and holding a needle
Woman pictured unconscious, trousers down and holding a needle in a Dundee close. Admits breach of the peace. A Dundee woman has been pictured unconscious, trousers down and holding a […]
Needles found at illegal tattoo studio
Contaminated needles and clinical waste found at illegal tattoo studio As if by some sort of surprise, news reports tell of contaminated needles and clinical waste found at an illegal […]
Hotel staff exposed to clinical wastes
Some time ago, University College Hospital London initiated a scheme whereby early discharge of patients saw them transferred to a nearby hotel to facilitate on-going care. It’s a sensible cost-saving […]
Healthcare Wastes – a new reference work
Just published: Healthcare Wastes Blenkharn JI In, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier Inc, 2015. 25pp http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09488-4 Available only from Elsevier Last updated: Monday, July 8, 2019
What’s gone wrong at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital?
Cleaners are struggling to cope as mounds of potentially hazardous clinical waste is left in wards and around Stevenage’s Lister Hospital. A local paper, The Comet, has published some appalling pictures […]
Separating laundry and clinical wastes
East Kent Hospitals Trust admits health and safety failure as clinical waste is mixed up with linen at William Harvey in Ashford. In Clinical waste goes to hospital laundry, the Clinical […]
Clinical waste goes to hospital laundry
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has informed staff of no less than 40 incidents in the last 3 months when clinical waste was being sent to the laundry, […]
National Account Manager – Healthcare and Hygiene
National Account Manager – Healthcare and Hygiene A global manufacturer of industrial healthcare and hygiene products is seeking a National Account Manager to develop existing relationships with their national distribution […]
CQC closes nursing home
There has been much publicity concerning the enforced closure by the CQC of the Merok Park nursing home in Surrey. It is reported that conditions were little short of appalling, but […]
HSE to repeat waste service safety checks
In a long-overdue move, the depth and extent of which has yet properly to be seen, HSE is to carry on with – or is that pick up the threads […]
Did the European Sharps Directive make a difference?
An interesting report from Kevitt and Hayes of Corporate Health Ireland and the Occupational Health Department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, respectively. BACKGROUND: Sharps injuries create a high volume of occupational health […]
Disposing used sharps
In the UK, we consider it a relatively straightforward process, to dispose used sharps into a compliant sharps bin and have these collected for approved incineration. But not everyone finds […]
Doctor reusing dirty needles infected 119 with HIV
Medical experts have rushed to a village in Cambodia’s Battambang province to screen hundreds of locals for HIV after an unlicensed doctor allegedly used unsterilised needles and reused syringes on […]
Ebola Waste Task force Calls For Assistance
An Ebola waste task force has been created by WasteAid International and Disaster Waste Recovery to help meet West Africa’s waste disposal needs in the midst of the Ebola crisis. […]