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Miami biomedical wastes include syringes, lab samples, different body parts (including organs), body fluids, surgical equipment, cultures and so on. The proper disposal of this waste is what medical waste management Miami is all about.
What are the Sources of Biomedical Waste?
The biggest generators or sources of biomedical waste, and, as such, the most responsible for implementing the best medical waste management Miami procedures are health care providers, like hospitals, clinics, laboratories, nursery homes, dentist offices, veterinary hospitals and clinics, but also some non-health care facilities, such as tattoo parlors.
Since biomedical waste can be hazardous to humans and animals, both the federal and state laws require that the facilities that generate medical waste follow strict procedures in order to keep the public and the environment safe from getting exposed to medical waste, as well as keeping the population safe from disease outbreaks.
Biomedical Waste Categories
There are a number of ways to classify biomedical wastes into different categories. Most commonly, biomedical wastes are separated into 6 different groups, with each one being equally important in medical waste management Miami. These categorizes are as follows:
- Blood and blood products
- Bodily liquids and semi-liquids
- Human pathogen waste
- Animal waste
- Microbiological waste
- Sharps waste
Yet another categorization separates biomedical wastes as follows:
- Human anatomical wastes
- Animal wastes
- Microbiology and biotechnology wastes
- Sharps
- Discarded medicines
- Liquid wastes
- Solid wastes
- Soiled wastes
- Incineration wasts
- Chemical wastes.
There are several U.S. government agencies responsible for observing and imposing rules and regulations regarding medical waste management. The most prominent, however, include the following:
- EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
- OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Food and Drug administration (FDA(
- NRA (Nuclear Regulatory Commission
How Should Biomedical Waste be Contained?
One of the crucial things in medical waste management is the containment of medical waste. Most biomedical wastes can safely be deposited in red waste bags. These bags are mostly similar to the regular black bags that you use for household waste, with the exception that they might have some sort of a system for closing, whether a zip line or some else.
However, not all medical wastes can be safely put in red bags. Needles and other sharps would easily puncture or tear through one of these bags, red or no and allow the infectious content inside them to leak out. This is what sharps containers are for. These containers are designed to keep sharps wastes inside and to make sure that those responsible for handling waste don’t get injured.
How is Biomedical Waste Disposal Done?
Finally, after categorizing and containing biomedical wastes, we’ve come to the most important part of Miami medical waste management – disposal.
