Without medical waste removal Broward, we would all be at a grave danger from infectious wastes that are produced by the health care facilities. Of course, the danger is still not completely nullified, and most likely never will be, but at the very least proper medical waste management can reduce both the indirect and direct health risks, as well as the risks for the environment.
Three R’s play a crucial role in medical waste removal here. These are:
• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle
Types of Medical Waste
Medical or infectious waste contains various products of hospitals and other health care facilities. These include, among the rest, the following:
• Infectious wastes – such as stocks and cultures of infectious agents
• Sharps waste – needles, syringes, IV catheters, scalpels…
• Pharmaceuticals
• Radioactive waste
• Chemicals
• Human and animal pathological waste – body parts, organs, tissue, carcasses…
But that is not all when it comes to medical wastes. Disposables, such as surgical gloves, gauze, sanitary products, bandages and so on, also need to be considered as candidates for medical waste removal.
Implementing the 3R’s Take Time and Money
It may, of course, take some time for the hospital and its workers to fully get accustomed to the three R’s, but this idea is quickly gaining popularity, at least in the United States and most countries of the West. A lot of this popularity has to do with the financial benefits that come from reusing certain instruments or material that hospital and clinics were up until now throwing away without thinking.
One example of reusable medical equipment is the EcoGlove. This high quality glove appeared a few years ago on the market and was immediately a breakthrough in medical waste management equipment because of its cost, quality control and the fact that it tackled the problem of overusing resources in health care.
The idea was at the time that the EcoGlove could be used repeatedly (up to 7 times). Naturally, the glove would have to be cleaned and sterilized after each use. This is done via an H2O2 process, which is able to reduce waste by up to 75%. This way, the cost and energy that would normally be used on a disposable glove are significantly reduced.
The three R’s, however, are not some bandwagon that one jumps into because it is popular at the moment. If anything, that train is about to pass and everybody has already boarded. This is, more or less, not the standard when it comes to medical waste management.
Do you have a medical waste management plan? What are you doing to protect your staff, patients, visitors, community and the environment from infectious waste? How much does it all cost you? Are you reducing, reusing and recycling? Your medical waste removal Broward program could benefit a great deal from this.
