Pilfering from clinical wastes
A US nurse admitted in court pilfering from clinical wastes to obtain drugs apparently ‘to aid in suicide attempts at her home’, but denied using those drugs and/or the syringes […]
A US nurse admitted in court pilfering from clinical wastes to obtain drugs apparently ‘to aid in suicide attempts at her home’, but denied using those drugs and/or the syringes […]
A staff nurse at North Devon District Hospital thought it was OK to take a used syringe out of a sharps bin and claimed she didn’t know that it was […]
A Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team found 2 tonnes of biomedical waste at a shop of a scrap dealer in Dhanas in a raid on Friday, a day after […]
The Health Protection Agency have released a new Public Health England report, “Shooting Up, the annual report on infections among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United Kingdom, has […]
Clinical waste kept near play equipment – inspectors rule dentist does “not meet standards. Clinical waste was left near children’s play equipment at a dentist in Rugby branded unsafe by […]
Who screens their outgoing and incoming healthcare wastes for radioactive contamination? Now and again, some alarm activations will arise, not perhaps from inappropriate disposal of some radioactive source or lab […]
Sharps “lost” in hospital laundry had been a widespread and common problem, though these days we hear so little about it. Has it really got any better? Sharps dropped into […]
A number of bags appearing to contain clinical waste were fly-tipped near Stoneclough. The yellow and orange waste sacks were spotted the a man stopped in a lay-by in Ringley […]
The Environment Agency has published its Animal disease outbreak: disinfectant washwater disposal form. This necessitates registration and approval of proposals for the disposal of disinfectant washwaters during a known or […]
CQC inspectors have undertaken enforcement action against a dental surgery after ‘toxic’ waste was found and medicines had expired. CQC inspectors also revealed equipment had not been properly cleaned, infection […]
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Shambolic’ treatment of cleaner turned away from three health centres after being pricked by a potentially dirty needle. A cleaner pricked by a dirty needle was left horrified after being […]
The Health and Safety Executive are not presently blessed with a reputation for efficiency, cherry-picking a few targets and concentrating on what might be considered the low hanging fruit in […]
Three workers have been charged with drug offences after police raided the waste management depot at West Lothian Council. Officers carried out the raids after being tipped off employees were […]
Waste Classification Changes With the forthcoming changes to waste classification there will be a slight delay in the EU Regulation being fully implemented in England. New domestic Regulations are required, […]
A woman was horrified to find a used syringe full of liquid lying on top of a Peppa Pig book in a hospital toy box. Woman, 22, found a used […]
“A man who authorities think dumped vials of blood and used syringes into the Arkansas River was charged Friday in connection with the theft of medical waste from a Tulsa […]
The number of young men in London injecting steroids is rising on a “regular basis” a drugs charity has warned. South Westminster Drug and Alcohol Service said an increasing number […]
Improving Burial Practices and Cemetery Management During an Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — Sierra Leone, 2014 Carrie F. Nielsen, PhD, Sarah Kidd, MD, Ansumana R.M. Sillah, PhD, MD, et al. […]
A mixed bag of information and links provided by the US National Waste & Recycling Association, including a really good graphic outlining the waste collection and disposal process. As good […]
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. […]
Hospitals worldwide are be unprepared to safely dispose of the infectious waste generated by any Ebola virus disease patient to arrive unannounced in the country, potentially putting the wider community […]
In a generous act of compassion Hampshire based technology developer, PyroPure, is to donate one of its on-site medical waste pyrolysis systems to West Africa in a bid to help […]
PyroPure Ltd is calling for the UK to treat the development of on site medical waste disposal technology as a priority following the recent Ebola outbreak in Africa, which has […]
We at the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum and at Blenkharn Environmental have always promoted the use of cable ties to fasten clinical and other healthcare waste sacks. Toothed or serrated […]
Clinical Waste Discussion Forum tops 1,000 Some of our visitors may have noticed already, but just a few days ago we topped 1,000 posted since restructuring of the Clinical Waste […]
A mother makes a shocking discovery in the playground at Burger King on Buena Vista Road in Columbus, Georgia. She said her son was stuck with a needle at the end of […]
A burning Detroit warehouse filled with medical (clinical) waste has been linked to medical problems in those living nearby. With dramatic footage of the fire, reports that the warehouse held […]
A hygiene inspection at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital has unearthed a “number of failings” which HIQA believes pose a “serious risk” to the health of patients. The unannounced inspection at the […]
Authorities are searching for a medical services vehicle stolen in suburban Philadelphia that has radioactive medical waste inside. The gun-point carjacking happened Friday afternoon in Darby. The white 2014 Toyota […]