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Just like any other health professional, dental offices are obligated to handle their Florida medical waste in agreement with local, state and federal regulations. Commonly, these regulations are very much alike, however, an inquiry with the local health and environmental departments is still needed to make sure that the practice is properly observing these guidelines.
The first step in medical waste management is separating bio-hazardous waste from the rest. Once that is done, a plan for disposing of sharp waste is needed. For this, dental offices have three options:
• Mail back medical waste disposal
• Mail back sharps disposal
• Bio-hazard waste disposal pickup
Mail Back Medical Waste Disposal and Mail Back Sharps Disposal
Both mail back medical waste and mail back sharps disposal are good options for small dental offices and those that don’t produce large amounts of medical waste or sharps.
Depending on the size of the dental office and the volume of work it is usually more economical to use a mail back sharps waste removal service for different sharps used during routine dental care. Occasionally, dental offices can use a medical waste mail back system for items that can be infected with blood.
In this case, dental offices receive a special container in which waste and sharps are placed. Once it is filled, the container is placed in a return-shipping carton and sent via U.S. postal service back to the waste disposal company.
Bio-hazardous Waste Disposal Pick Up Service
The previous two methods are only suitable for smaller dental practices. In the case of dentists who perform extractions and other routine surgical procedures, a better option would be to use the services of a medical waste disposal company.
In the United States alone, there are a number of waste removal service providers so finding the right one for your business can be difficult. If you get stuck in search, the best place to go is the local health department and where you can ask for a suggestion.
Naturally, pick-up services differ when it comes to contract requirements and cost, so before you can decide on a particular one, proper research is needed. Most contracts with these services require you to sign for a specific period of time (either monthly, quarterly or yearly), per container. These contracts are usually signed for a period of two to three years. The service company then comes at the agreed upon intervals to pick up the container.
The options for waste disposal if you are running a dental practice: You can either use mail back sharps and mail back medical waste disposal, or you can use the services of a pick-up Florida medical waste disposal company. The final choice is, of course, on you.
