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In the United States, as well as a good part of the rest of the world, bio-hazardous waste is defined as anything that could be infectious, toxic, or otherwise pose a threat to human health or the environment. Because of this, it is vital for every health care facility, be it a hospital in Miami or a clinic in Miramar to have a well established Miramar medical waste management program that they can turn to when they have to deal with hazardous medical waste.

Biohazards Defined

A lot of waste generated by the health care industry falls into the category of “biohazardous”. These can, for example, include toxic or radioactive chemicals, that emit hazardous particles or are infectious and can cause a disease.

The most obvious and common medical wastes that require bio-medical waste disposal are blood, bodily fluids and body parts. However, the list of bio-medical wastes does not end with this as it also include basically anything that has come in contact with human blood or body fluids. This may include everything from used surgical gloves, blood-soaked bandages, soiled bed sheets, to used needles and other sharps.

As you can see, there are a number of items that may require bio-medical waste disposal in a health care facility, but you should probably pay the most attention to sharps, as needles and other such instruments can easily pierce or cut your skin and introduce a virus much easier than any other type of medical waste.

Explaining Potential Hazards

The danger from bio-medical wastes comes from the fact that many of them are harboring hazardous microorganisms that may cause a disease if introduced to the person’s blood stream. We usually call these hazardous microorganisms “pathogens”.

The danger from improper medical waste management Miramar does not, however, come solely from potential needle pricks or scalpel cuts. In many cases, medical wastes may also cause airborne bacterial infections. These may result in diseases such as Tuberculosis.

There is so Much Medical Waste

According to some studies, health care facilities, like hospitals, produce over 2 million tons of medical waste per year. That is a lot of dangerous waste and take a not that this does not include regular waste such as food leftovers, only medical wastes.

The study above was made by the “Health Care Without Harm” and unfortunately, may have been “slightly off”. You see, EPA, or Environmental Protection Agency, which is responsible for overseeing that the hospitals are performing all of their medical waste management Miramar tasks, estimates that these facilities generate about 4.5 million tons of medical waste per year.

How Can the Problem be Solved?

By implementing good and effective medical waste management, especially bio-medical waste disposal procedures. I’ll introduce the three for which I believe are the best.

  • Autoclaving.

This method uses hot water steam to sterilize solid medical waste and destroy any microorganisms on it.

  • Bioremedation

Using this method you can convert medical waste into non-hazardous byproducts. This is best done on site instead.

  • Incineration

The most commonly used Miramar bio-medical waste disposal method will turn any solid waste into ash and eliminate most of the microorganisms.