Islamorada biohazardous waste pick up and disposal is important, if not crucial in any medical setting. Without a proper medical waste management system medical and other staff of a health care facility, as well as its patients and visitors are in the danger of getting in contact with materials that are far from safe and can not only inflict physical injuries, but also potentially lethal blood-borne infections.
Consequently, anything that is deemed even as a potential threat to human beings, no matter how small the conceived threat might be, needs to be properly disposed of. This includes blood and blood products, bodily fluids, human waste (body parts, organs, tissue), sharps (needles, scalpels, lancets and so on), animal waste, laboratory waste and other contaminated items.
When disposing of solid biohazardous waste use red plastic bags. The only exception to this are sharps, which need to be placed in a hard plastic, leak and pierce resistant receptacle, aka sharps container.
Once you placed the waste items in a red plastic bag, seal the bag by making a knot. Simply grab as much of its neck as you can and twist it so you make a knot. An easier method (if you are not very good at making knots) is to use a zip line or a cord. This is also safer.
Don’t forget to label the bag. It is not enough only to put on a biohazard symbol and write “biohazardous waste” on it, but you also must clearly list the contents of the bag, include the day of sealing, where the waste has been generated (the address of the health care facility) and a contact email or phone number for the person responsible for medical waste management in the facility.
Items such as latex gloves, petri dishes, culture flasks and similar should not be placed in a red, but clear biohazardous waste disposal bag. Everything else is the same as with red bags. Clear bags are used for recycling.
Sharps should not be placed in a plastic bag, but a rigid container. This container should be resistant to puncture, bending and breaking, as well as leak-proof. Also make sure that the lid closes well and that its locking system works fine.
When placing needles and other sharps in a sharps container (this should be done immediately after use, by the way), be sure not to overfill the receptacle. Only fill the sharps disposal container to about ¾ of its full capacity. Otherwise, there would an increased danger of leakage and infection, especially for the medical waste management worker handling the sharps container.
Well, we hope that you got take instructions on Islamorada biohazardous waste pick up and disposal very seriously and that your medical waste management program work flawlessly for the sake of your personnel, patients and neighbors.
