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WHO (World Health Organization) defines all medical waste as such waste that is generated by health care facilities, such as hospitals, nursery homes, clinics, research laboratories, dentist offices, but also veterinary clinics and tattoo parlors. This waste, according to the World Health Organization, includes a wide array of material, such as diagnostic samples, blood and blood-soaked materials, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, used sharps such as needles, syringes, blades, scalpels and similar, body parts and radioactive material among other things.
Improper medical waste disposal in South Miami can expose health care workers (doctors, surgeons, nurses, etc), medical waste handlers (usually from a specialized and and professional service company hired by the management of health care facility), patients and visitors of the facility, but also the community at great risk from an infection, injury and polluting the environment. As such, all medical waste needs to be properly classified, treated and disposed of in a safe and correct way.
Improper medical waste disposal in South Miami can cause a number of health risks. Wrong disposal of needles and syringes that are contaminated especially pose a great risk for the general health as these are often repackaged and recycled before they are put back out there to be reused. This is especially a problem due to the fact that such sharps are often scavenged at landfills and other dump sites and then resold to private clinics for reuse on patients.
In 2010, World Health Organization did an extensive research on contaminated medical sharps, such as injections and it has come to the fore front that the use of it has caused:
• Over 20 million HBV (hepatitis B virus) infections, or over 30% of all new infections of this type
• Around 2 million HCV (hepatitis C virus) infections, or over 40% of all new infections of this type
• More than 250,000 HIV infections (more than 5% of all new infections of this type.
Public health risk are not the only potential hazard of improper medical waste disposal in South Miami. If such waste is not managed in the correct way, direct use of such contaminated material and particularly of instruments used in treatment of patients, or in surgical procedures, can also cause injury to health workers such as nurses, doctors, medical technicians and surgeons, but also medical waste handlers and scavengers.
In addition, such waste is often simply deposited in unsafe and un-restricted areas where animals and even children can come in contact with them. According to certain studies, a person who gets in contact with contaminated medical waste, for instance gets stuck with a contaminated needle or cut with a contaminated surgical scalpel, has:
• 30% chance of getting infected with hepatitis type B virus
• 1.8% chance of getting infected with hepatitis type C virus
• 0.3% chance of getting infected with HIV
The best way to take care of medical waste is to hire a trusted medical waste disposal in South Miami company with well-trained and experienced staff and use their services to properly collect and dispose of such waste.
