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A number of items can be called Plantation medical waste. These include medical instruments like syringes and scalpels, but also hospital gowns and bed sheets that have been contaminated by patient’s blood. Since medical waste has often been exposed to blood and thus contaminated, one of the main requirements of a proper bio-hazardous medical waste management is to understand how such wastes are disposed of.
One problem, however lies in the fact that there is no universal law about medical waste disposal and you will find different rules and requirements apply in, for instance, Plantation, Florida and different in Oakland California. This is why you first need to contact your state or even municipal medical waste management government agency to be sure about this.
Labeling Bio-Hazardous Waste
All biohazardous waste has to be visibly labeled with the words “biohazardous waste” and have a “biohazard” sign on the front or top of the bag or container. This has to be visible from all directions. Biohazard waste bags and containers should be red.
Storing Bio-Hazardous Waste
Putting medical waste inside proper bags and containers is the first step in bio-hazardous medical waste management, but you are far from done here. The next step is storing those red bags appropriately. Medical waste should be stored in a secure area where access is limited to only the people who are responsible for handling waste. This are should also be protected from elements such as cold or rain. IN addition, you should also prevent access to insects, rodents, birds and other scavenger animals, so make sure that there are no cracks in the floor or walls or windows through which they can get in.
In some states, medical waste containers have openings to place waste in, but not to get it out.
Transporting Bio-Hazardous Waste
Storing bio-hazardous waste at your health care facility should only be temporary. Once you separate it from other kind of waste it is time to transport it to its final destination. This will probably be an incinerator used by a bio-hazardous medical waste management company.
Medical waste should at all times be in proper red bags and containers and is transported in sealed vehicles. These vehicles should also be properly labeled on the front, and sides with the words “biohazardous waste” and the sign for biohazard.
Tracking Bio-Hazardous Waste
All U.S. states, including the federal government, require something called “cradle-to-grave”. This is basically a fancy way to say that bio-hazardous and other kinds of medical waste should be tracked from the place of its origin, such as a health care facility, all the way to the medical waste management facility, as the place of its disposal.
Of course, everything that happens in between, such as treatment, packaging, storing and transportation of medical waste, should also be properly tracked and documented.
In some states, a “destruction certificate” is issued after the incineration or other medical waste disposal method. This certificate includes the place, date and time that the Plantation medical waste was destroyed.
