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For hospitals it is important that they have a good bio-medical waste management Miramar system in place. This is vital for preventing any diseases spreading from medical waste to humans. The WHO (World Health Organization) defines hospital or medical waste as:

  • Infectious
  • Radioactive
  • Pathological
  • Sharps
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • and other types of medical waste such as anything contaminated by blood.

Since there a different types of medical wastes, which may or may not be infectious, there are also different methods for bio-medical waste management Miramar. What follows next is an instruction on how to properly dispose of bio-medical waste in your hospital and protect your medical personnel and patients from potential infectious disease.

The first thing that you will need is, of course a good bio-medical waste management plan. Such a plan must take into account things like waste types, you premises, ventilation and a whole bunch of other factors. With it, you should be able to reduce, recycle and in the best case scenario, reuse medical waste material, So, first, survey the medical waste you generate at your hospital and evaluate your options before you introduce medical waste management strategies.

Whether you are disposing of medical waste on your own or are hiring a bio-medical waste management Miramar company, your workers must be well trained and educated in different types of medical waste and how to handle it.

Separating waste materials is an important step in bio-medical waste management. This is normally done according to the type of waste. Store waste in separate storage units, whether these are containers or bags (you should use red bags for biohazardous medical waste). All medical waste should be safely stored in a secure storage area before being transported to the medical waste disposal plant.

You can incinerate medical waste, but there is a better option. Autoclaving. Using an autoclave, you can sterilize sharps and other medical equipment and dispose of it safely or even reuse or recycle it. However, chemotherapy, radioactive and pathology wastes will need to be either cremated using an incineration machine or buried in a designated landfill.

Using a hospital-grade anti-bacterial chemical,decontaminate medical waste. Such chemicals include chlorine dioxide, peracetic acid and sodium hypochlorite. One of the benefits of this bio-medical waste management method is that it does not require a high temperature like many other.

Some medical wastes may have to be radiated using a microwave. This is done by first dampening the waste and treating it with an infra-red radiation and forced-air convection simultaneously.

Finally, if you end up with too much bio-medical waste, use a compactor (a medical waste management Miramar company in your area may have one, so ask them) to compact the waste and reduce its volume.

That being said, don’t be too satisfied with your Miramar bio-medical waste management plan.