“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 ...

Figures revealed that NHS providers in England produce around 156,000 tonnes of clinical waste per year, from contaminated clinical materials to hazardous chemicals and sharps*. With thousands of ...

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 ...

Throwing sharps containers, red bags, and spill cleanup materials into the trash sends up a red flag to commercial or municipal trash collectors because they are not allowed to take this waste. A ...

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 hospital trust is helping turn clinical waste into training tools. University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with The Wombles Community Charity as part of a national scheme to ...