New design clinical waste sack holder
Nice design concept for this new clinical waste sack holder/cart from Vaco. Easy to clean in that the frame has far fewer components, and presumable lightweight and manoeuvrable, there are […]
waste carts
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 […]
GP storage of healthcare wastes
GP clinics produce generally only small quantities of healthcare wastes. However, the increasing use of embedded community health services intended to ease the burden on hospital outpatient departments can increase waste […]
CQC brand Cerne Abbas Care Home ‘inadequate’ – waste carts unlocked
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has branded Cerne Abbas Care Home in Dorset as inadequate in all areas in a report published 2 December 2014. The watchdog visited the facility in […]
London riots
It is difficult to imagine quite what the link might be between the recent London riots and clinical waste. Pulse is reporting that out-of-hours GPs and their deputising services were forced to reduce home visits […]