Showing results for: medical waste disposal Articles
-
Expanding the Medical Waste Market
It’s that time of year again that our sales team pack their bags for a week away from the cold and wintery UK to spend a week in warm and sunny Dubai. Exhibiting from the 28th to the 31st January at one of the worlds largest and most respected medical exhibitions ‘Arab Health’. Our annual expedition to the Dubai World Trade Centre as one of the suppliers taking part in the UK ...
-
Marburg Virus - Ebola’s Deadly Relative
If you haven’t heard of the Marburg Virus yet, it threatens to become another big pandemic unless it is contained early on. The symptoms and treatments are the same as with Ebola. Safe handling and disposal of medical waste and pathological waste is paramount. Inciner8 have a wealth of experience following our support of International Aid agencies during the recent Ebola outbreak in ...
-
New technology helps clean up areas littered with heroin needles
First responders on Cape Cod are partnering with a private company to utilize new technology to safely dispose of discarded heroin needles that litter the parks, beaches, and shopping areas in the region. "It's a significant risk to anybody," Sandwich Deputy Fire Chief John Burke told FOX25. "Any used 'sharps' needle poses a threat or a hazard to not only the people, but to pets and animals ...
-
SIRSU Project: Newster NW15 Model arrives at the Hospital Central in Beira - Mozambique
The Local Entrepreneurship Development Project for the disposal of infectious medical waste at the Hospital Central in Beira (SIRSU) continues After a long journey, the Newster NW15 sterilizer machine has arrived at the Central Hospital in Beira, Mozambique. The partnership with ONG CAM - Consortium of Associations with Mozambique is more and more consolidated to carry on the next steps of the ...
-
Why to invest in eco-sustainable technology for the processing of healthcare waste
Solids and liquids coming from hospitals need to be handled properly and on-site in order to avoid the risks involved and contribute to a safer and eco-sustainable future.The managing and disposal of healthcare waste calls for solutions that give priority to the necessity of avoiding biological risks, being friendly to the environment and offer financial advantages. Modern structures are in ...
-
NHS managers urged to meet carbon reduction targets
New plan on sustainable health sets out the steps that NHS managers must follow to cut carbon emissions. NHS Managers in the UK will be handed a number of measures they need to take to meet the government's carbon reduction targets, which involves cuttings its carbon emissions by 10% by 2015. This is part of the new “Vision for Sustainable Health: A Route map” to be set out today. ...
By Vital Energi
-
No place to dispose of private hospitals waste
Brahmeswara Temple, Bhubaneswar BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is in a fix over disposing biomedical waste of private hospitals in Berhampur and Burla. Last month, the state government asked MKCG Medical College and Hospital and VSS Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur and Burla respectively not to receive waste from private hospital for disposal in their ...
-
China Hospital Waste Shredder Machine
Recently, one of our China hospital waste shredder machine has been successfully put into production in Australia. The China hospital waste shredder machine was supplied by GEP ECOTECH. It mainly shreds expired medicines and various medical appliances. The output is about 300 kilograms per hour. The shredded and destroyed medical waste will be shipped to the National Medical Waste Disposal Center ...
-
An overview of approaches towards improving in-house Medical Waste Management in Bangladesh: a pilot research
BRAC Bangladesh undertook a pilot project on improving in-house Medical Waste Management (MWM). The project was designed to build awareness among hospital staff and initiate action programs to streamline the existing waste management systems. Project steps were baseline survey, manual development, training, implementation and follow up, and finalisation of the manual. The project was implemented ...
-
DASRI STERILE, Municipality of El Krib, Governate of Siliana, TUNISIA - Case Study
The DASRI STERILE project was created by business woman Bannouri Sondes. The aim of the project was to collect, transport, treat and dispose of infectious healthcare waste in the county of El Krib, in the governant of Siliana. The project was financed in part by Souk At-Tanmia, an iniziative of the African Development Bank (ADB) that supports social projects for young and female businesses. It ...
-
Project - Newster NW50 Model installed at George Hospital, South Africa
Our distributor Alloro Africa Enviro Service installed a NEWSTER NW50 MODEL at George Hospital, South Africa This project started a few years ago, exactly in 2015, when our distributor Alloro Africa Enviro Service, represented by Mr Carlo Bovetti and Mr Stefano Lepore, participated in a tender organized by the Western cape Government for the supply of onsite healthcare waste treatment and ...
-
Managing medical waste technology: how US hospitals adapted to change
A total of 78 US hospitals responded to a survey in a nation-wide sample for the purpose of analysing their medical waste technology management practices under changing laws and regulations in the early 1990s. Findings show that 77% of these hospitals implemented changes in one or more of their operations in storage, treatment, handling, transport and disposal of medical waste and staff ...
-
Assessment of medical wastes management protocols in Jordanian healthcare institutions
Successful and effective medical waste management strategy requires adopting clear and distinct protocols that will guarantee the appropriate and correct execution of this strategy. This study presents the results of a survey that has been conducted among the nursing staff working in different Jordanian hospitals in the northern, middle and southern parts of Jordan. The survey contained questions ...
-
Infectious Diseases and Ozone
OZONE kills all known Virus & Pathogens.There is a lack of information on the proper handling and disposal of the medical waste associated with diseases like Ebola, which is a level 4 bio-hazard. The quantity of medical and biohazard waste that is generated during a outbreak in a hospital can increase five fold and during the treatment of Ebola patients and other highly contagious diseases, ...
-
Report: Biomedical waste management practices at Balrampur Hospital, Lucknow, India
Biomedical waste has become a serious health hazard in many countries, including India. Careless and indiscriminate disposal of this waste by healthcare establishments and research institutions can contribute to the spread of serious diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS (HIV) among those who handle it and also among the general public. The present study pertains to the biomedical waste management ...
-
Taking a responsible approach to medical waste in Pakistan - Case Study
The growing risk to public health. With the rapid growth in population across Pakistan it is becoming more of a challenge to safely and securely dispose of medical waste. With the continuing risks to public health it is essential that waste is not only properly disposed of but also managed. With many healthcare facilities found to be operating without a suitable waste disposal system in place. ...
-
The Trumpcard of Solid Waste management
Solid waste management, when you heard about this word - you will be able to see a dump yard picture infront of you. And most of us are thinking that it is an an optimistic one to give solutions for solid waste management. "Every problem is an opportunity" EcoCare Takes this slogan to bring up various solution to solve this mystery and we strongly belive that Solid waste management is not ...
-
Rapid assessment of occupational health and safety measures for personnel handling healthcare waste in the Gaza Strip, Palestine
Proper healthcare waste (HCW) management practices and precautions are crucial to avoid occupational and environmental health problems amongst healthcare workers. This study aims to assess the occupational health and safety of healthcare workers involved in medical waste handling in two hospitals in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. This study was cross–sectional in design, and a simple random sampling ...
-
ES & E OZONATOR Publication Nov 2011
Disposal of biohazardous material has long been a serious and costly problem for hospitals, clinics, research institutes, bio-industries, airports, ports and other generators of biohazardous and regulated medical waste. Until now, incineration, heat, steam or dangerous chemicals have been the only way to treat many of these wastes. Not only are these processes costly, but they leave a high carbon ...
-
Medical Waste and it’s potential hazards
A review of medical waste management systems was performed to understand (a) the various handling and disposal procedures in different countries, ( b) the knowledge and awareness of individuals involved in medical waste generation, handling and disposal, and (c) the potential impacts of the waste stream on both human health and the natural environment. The purpose of the study is to provide ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you