Infectious waste is any waste with the presence or the reasonable anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface. The following are typical materials ...

“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 ...

Blood-soaked bandages, bodily fluids and body parts have been found mixed in with waste and recycling products at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy Center in Newport, according to the ...

1. To define formal infection control procedures to protect Western Michigan University employees, students, and other designated persons from occupational and classroom exposure to blood, bodily ...

Biohazardous waste includes waste materials derived from cultures and stocks of infectious agents, human pathological wastes, contaminated animal carcasses and body parts, all sharps, human blood and ...

Wastes from hospitals, laboratories, human and animal clinics are considered hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Non-hazardous includes beddings, linens, bandages, and even waste from the kitchen. In ...

The risk of infections is present not only in hospitals, but in other patient-care settings such as clinical practices. Clinical personnel work with or around infectious waste, regulated medical waste ...

The Horry County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) landfill is among many garbage disposal sites in South Carolina. The Horry landfill is near Conway. Jason Lee jlee@thesunnews.com State inspectors found ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says it’s launched an investigation after the discovery of blood and human tissue at an east metro garbage hauling site. “We would see the little vials ...

Undercover inspections of garbage dumpsters at Kaiser hospitals in the Bay Area, Central Valley and Southern California discovered a lot more than just routine trash bound for the local landfill. They ...

The Medical University of South Carolina and an associated facility have been fined nearly $120,000 for dozens of infectious waste violations, including failing to protect the public from potential ...