“Hospitals must foster safe working environments for clinical staff so they can focus on caring for patients,” said Cindy Witt, RN, senior consultant of clinical operations at Dublin, Ohio-based ...

Improper disposal of medical waste can lead to the spread of infections within hospitals, clinics, and even communities. When waste is left unsecured or thrown away incorrectly, bacteria, viruses, and ...

The new EPA guide includes steps medical institutions can take to update their hazardous waste disposal plans. The Environmental Protection Agency has published a new guide to implementing hazardous ...

To dispose of your hazardous waste you must first take the CS055: Hazardous Waste Handling & Packing training course. This will allow you to complete the on-line Hazardous Waste Manifest which is ...

A single Ebola patient treated in a U.S. hospital will generate eight 55-gallon barrels of medical waste each day. Protective gloves, gowns, masks and booties are donned and doffed by all who approach ...

PORTSMOUTH — Used needles, blood, tissue samples and contaminated clothing are among the things doctors, dentists and other medical personnel deal with on a daily basis. Disposing of these potentially ...

German study proves automated sorting can recover nearly half of hospital plastic waste for recycling into new products ...

The Lagos State Infrastructure Asset Management Agency, in collaboration with the Lagos Waste Management Authority, has trained facility managers on healthcare waste. The event, held at the Folarin ...