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The use of dispensable medical products has become the standard in the healthcare industry over the last couple of decades. To someone in this field, this should come as little surprise as healthcare officials already look upon this as regular practice. The main reason behind this is that dispensable medical products are, at the same time, easier to use and more sterile.
However, this boom in use of disposable medical products has also caused an increase in the amount of waste generated by healthcare facilities, as well as the need for medical waste removal.
Unfortunately, many healthcare facilities try to avoid regulations by simply throwing medical waste in local landfills. This, of course, is not enough. In order to properly dispose of medical waste, hospital or other facility that generated such waste have to contact a professional medical waste removal service company. This way, they can do their part in protecting the environment from contaminated waste.
How WHO Breaks Down Medical Waste
1. Infectious waste: waste from infected patients, waste products contaminated by blood, stocks and cultures of infectious agents, discarded diagnostic samples, infected lab animals, equipment and bandages
2. Anatomic waste: recognizable body parts and animal carcasses
3. Sharps waste: needles, syringes, blades, disposable scalpels
4. Chemical waste: disinfectants, solvents and cleaners
5. Pharmaceutical waste: contaminated, expired, lingering and very powerful drugs
This, of course, is not all medical waste to be contended with. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities also need to have a plan for properly disposing of genotoxic waste, which includes extremely toxic and highly powerful teragenic, mutagenic and carcinogenic substances, as well as cytotoxic drugs that are used during the treatment of cancer patients. Finally, healthcare facilities need to find the safest and most effective way to dispose of radioactive waste.
The substances mentioned so far should be able to convince most people of the importance of proper medical waste management. However, in case this is not enough and that you more is needed, perhaps the following numbers will convince you to start using medical waste disposal services:
• 8-16 million hepatitis B infections
• 2.5-5 million hepatitis C infections
• 80,000-160,000 HIV infections
Happen every year because of re-used needles that weren’t properly disposed of. The “culprit” doesn’t have to be the same facility where the patient got injected with the faulty needle, but this still does not excludes them from being responsible of using non-sterilized and re-used equipment on their patients.
Understandably, healthcare facilities usually don’t have the resources, either financial or workforce to deal with medical waste problem on their own. This is where medical waste removal services come in as a way to get rid of infectious and toxic material, without harming the environment with it.
So, if you are a representative of a healthcare facility, such as a city hospital or a local clinic, you should by now realize the importance of using Miami medical waste disposal
