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Concise Analysis of the International Medical Waste Management Market
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Forecast to 2018″ report to their portfolio. “Concise Analysis of the International Medical Waste Management Market – Forecast to 2018” This report covers the […]
Mechanical design engineer seeks funding for needlestick campaign
Believing that there is a better solution to needlestick prevention a mechanical design engineer, Stephen Bartlett, is seeking funding for a needlestick injury prevention campaign on indiegogo.com. The primary motive of this […]
EA Consultation: Small clinical waste treatment units
The Environment Agency is consulting on “Small clinical waste treatment units: standard rules and risk assessment” We, the Environment Agency, have developed a new standard rules permit for small clinical waste […]
Cost saving through source segregation of healthcare wastes
We are led to believe that there are opportunities for significant cost saving through improvement in source segregation of healthcare wastes. That is probably true, and of course the environment […]
Turkey: clinical waste statistics
Sixty-nine thousand tonnes of medical waste were collected in Turkey in 2012, according to Waste Statistics Of Health Institutions of the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat). In the report, posted on […]
Global clinical and medical waste management market Analysis reports published
Research and Markets has published its updated Global Medical Waste Management Market Analysis to 2018 by Sector, Service & Treatment Technology. Read it at http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nzfxtp/medical_waste Additionally, the December 2013 Clinical & […]
Commercial success in 2013
Good to read CIWM Journal this month, and the annual review of the industry’s fastest growing waste and resource management companies. High on the list at number 24, having previously […]
“Flip your clinical waste stream”
So, an interesting product development, ‘The Flip’, from Wybone had recently caught my eye. Intended to extend the value of waste sack holders, these flexible and wipe-able magnetic covers sit […]
Which is the best sharps safety glove?
The Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), established in Québec since 1980, is a scientific research organization well-known for the quality of its work […]
Dealing with pharmaceutical residues
Dealing with waste pharmaceuticals is currently something of a hot issue, for wards and clinics, for patients in their own home, for manufacturers and pharmacists, and others, and for all of those […]
Medical Waste Services in Australia business analysis report
The medical (clinical) waste services sector in Australia has been reviewed and updated in an industry Market Research report IBISWorld Read more: http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/13/10/p3997238/medical-waste-services-in-australia-industry-market-research-report-now#ixzz2iAcDSn6h Last updated: Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Domestic clinical waste – where to leave it?
Clinical waste from domestic sources has been a particular concern on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum. Too often, these wastes are managed badly, to the great inconvenience of the patient […]
Reusable sharps container gets FDA approval
Rehrig Healthcare announced its SharpsTank® Reusable Sharps Container Model TS received Food and Drug Administration approval to market the device as an FDA 510(k) cleared Class II medical device. The 4.9-gallon […]
Global market value?
How much is the global clinical waste market actually worth? The developed nations pay heavily for disposal of clinical/healthcare/pharma/sharps waste, in markets that have reasonable margins and solid return though […]
Kenya to dispose clinical waste using polythene fuel
Innovators in Kenya have taken a great step forward in the management of waste plastics, using technologies that provide fuel with which to incinerate clinical wastes. Still in its early stages, […]
Solar autoclave development
The effective treatment of biohazardous clinical wastes in resource-poor regions is a huge problem. Open burning in a pit is environmentally unsound and polluting and will not make safe all […]
Love it or loathe it? PVC in hospitals
Love it or loathe it? PVC cannot be eliminated from hospitals, for flooring or for the manufacture of IV bags and tubing where crystal clarity and high flexibility are essential. […]
Finding a home for unused medical supplies
What to do with all of those unwanted medical supplies? The pack of 6 with just 2 used; the unused gauzes or tubing sets; the spare syringes and needles? Even […]
Are the days of the sharps bin numbered?
Safety sharps are being widely introduced in the UK, late, but better late than never. For establishments using fully automated safety needle and syringe devices that sheath or fully retract […]
Sanitary/offensive wastes: Poopy power rocks?
The volumes of sanitary/offensive wastes are vast, and growing steadily with the down-regulation of much additional soft clinical wastes. What are the options for its treatment and disposal? So far, […]
Clinical waste firm aims for zero waste to landfill
Clinical waste company SRCL has announced it is aiming to meet a zero waste to landfill target by the end of the year. SRCL also revealed that 60% of the waste […]
Clinical waste management in Tanzania
“While Tanzania’s leading health facility, the Dar-es-Salaam Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) boasts of having a well-managed system for disposing infectious medical waste, The Citizen on Saturday has discovered that the situation […]
Metals recycling from clinical wastes
The Dutch firm Orthometals is successfully operating a metals recovery service for crematoria, collecting implant metals, and if they’re lucky the odd gold ring and several shiny gold tooth caps […]
Clinical waste facility put on hold
Right across Africa properly managed, or indeed any other, clinical waste treatment facilities are few and very far between. News that the construction of a new modern healthcare risk waste (HCRW) […]
‘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 […]
Scientists call to classify plastic waste as hazardous waste
“An international group of scientists, including the young Chelsea Rochman and Mark Anthony Browne from California, with the support of the veteran marine scientist Richard Thompson from the UK and a host of […]
Recovery of plastics from clinical wastes
Despite all its woes, the recycling industries have a good record – it could be much better – of recovering material resources for reuse. With correct processing, it matters not […]
Egypt needs 400 clinical waste incinerators
Do you manufacture low-cost robust clinical waste incinerators? Or indeed, do you provide autoclaves or other clinical waste processing technologies? If so, a ready market is waiting for you in Egypt. […]
Complaints over hospital’s waste plans
We have become used to complaints about commercial healthcare waste development plant plans, about the transport of clinical wastes on the highway, and about wastes dumped in the community, or […]