Any material or substance that is dangerous to human health or for the environment in some way (can pollute the atmosphere, soil or ground waters) is considered to be a biohazard. Thus, Jupiter bio-hazardous medical waste management is one of the most important things that health care facilities, who are the biggest producers of this type of waste, can do if they intend to keep their medical personnel, workers, patients, visitors and the community around them safe and secure from all manners of different pathogens that can be hazardous to humans or to the environment in some way.
Scientists consider waste to be bio-hazardous if it contains bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi or some other microbiological organisms that can find a host in the human organism, whether in his blood stream or somewhere else. In other words, any item that has come into contact with infected blood or other bodily fluids is considered to be bio-hazardous and has to be treated and disposed of in conformity with the state and federal medical waste management regulations and requirements.
There are, of course, different types and levels of biohazards, depending mostly on how they are produced by the source (hospital or other health care facility). This is very important to remember for anyone whose job entails handling bio-hazards in any way.
Bio-Hazards According to the Way They are Generated
According to the way bio-hazards are being generated, there are 4 distinct types or stages that one has to remember. These are:
1. Stage one: bacteria and viruses that bring about smaller diseases like Chicken pox for instance. These are easily curable and do not pose a significant threat to our health.
2. Stage two: these are pathogens that are capable of causing a mild disease that can attack humans. The examples of such are measles and mumps. These are still very curable, but they require more work on the part of the medical professional in treating his or her patient as the adverse effects may last for 2 weeks before finally being negated.
3. Stage three: Stage three biohazards are capable of causing fatal diseases in humans. Basically, humanity has cures and knows how to treat these (for instance Venezuelan equine encephalitis), but the negative effects may keep going for a long period of time, sometimes even half a year. Unlike the two previous stages, stage 3 has to be treated in a hospital.
4. Stage four: These are bio-hazards that are not only lethal, but for which medical science has not yet found a cure or a treatment.
Of course, not all bio-hazards can be found in medical waste that a typical hospital produces. Yet many of the pathogens that people come to the hospital to be treated from, like Hepatitis C or HIV can find its way via a used and discarded needle to the bloodstream of another person, be that a medical professional or a medical waste management handler. To keep infectious from spreading around, it is important to hire a certified and experience bio-hazardous medical waste management Jupiter company to treat and dispose of infectious waste.
