Background The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have closely monitored and tested the effects of mercury and its use in the dental industry for many years. Since the early 1990s, these agencies have been researching the link between human and environmental health issues and mercury that originated in dental offices as dental amalgam ...
There is a common misunderstanding regarding the hierarchy of regulatory authority for medical facilities and how regulatory requirements differ by state. In this blog we will cover the following: What is OSHA's role in regulating regulated medical waste (RMW) History of medical waste and who enforces the regulations What are the different requirements by state Bio Hazardous Waste and Sharps Waste are all considered Regulated ...
Just like Healthcare facilities, tattoo shops, and dental offices, the Veterinary practices are also supposed to manage their waste and effectively dispose of it. The syringes used for vaccination and administration of antibiotics can cause various infections including HIV and HBV to the flurry of pet patients and pet parents sitting in the office region. In a detailed, the waste for veterinarian clinics is classified under ...
The growing concern for the accumulation of mercury in fish and its environmental consequence has led some national and local agencies to come up with strict regulations of mercury in wastewater. When talking about mercury waste, dental offices have been identified as a major contributor of causing mercury waste (in the form of dental amalgam) environmental exposure. Recognized agencies have asked the dental practices to ...
Providing clarity to the question, How do I dispose of my needles? Nowadays, many patients are using injectable medicines and syringes at home. However, not every patient is aware of how to dispose of needles safely and effectively. Most users are tossing the needles, syringes and other medical wastes into dustbins or flushing them into toilets. Those methods are dangerous and incorrect practice of disposing self-injectors, ...
Waste management is one of the core ecological challenges to the modern world, especially to the dental practitioners who deal with regulated waste every day. Many years ago health care facilities used to flush medical equipment down the toilet or dump it down the drain. But, now the world is recognizing the impact of such ill practices and so, is looking forward to effective dental clinical waste disposal solutions. Before ...
Besides serving patients with exceptional services and exploring newer possibilities in the medical industry, waste management is among the most prominent tasks performed in a healthcare system. If you belong to the medical domain, you understand very well the need for managing medical waste properly for the safety of everyone. Does your facility follow best practices and are you providing the safest process for your ...
This blog will cover requirements for medical waste disposal and the differences in the options available for disposal. To start, OSHA (Occupational Safety Health Administration) defines as regulated waste as Liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are ...
To our customers: We are safe and available to you. Although our offices were also impacted by flooding and many of our staff had to be evacuated, PureWay Waste Compliance (Katy, TX) remains 100% operational and we are working with our out-of-state offices to ensure all orders get processed within 48 hours. As a waste compliance service, we will go the extra mile to assist our customers and those affected in the greater ...
EPA FINAL RULE (PRE-PUBLISHED VERSION) Dental Effluent Guidelines (Pre-Published Rule – December 15, 2016)
