How to Dispose Of Old, Unused, Or Expired Inhalers?
How Can People Dispose Of A Spent Or Expired Inhaler In a Safe Way? The Answer Depends On The Medication In The Inhaler And Your Local Disposal Regulations. Many patients are on inhaled medication to control and treat a myriad of pulmonary diseases. An inhaler is a...
Diabetic Sharps Disposal At Your Home
At home, Los Angeles medical waste disposal (produced from diabetic care) is habitually placed into curbside trash. It places sanitation workers and custodial personnel at personal risk. Here’s what you need to know about safe diabetic sharps disposal. There are a...
California Medical Waste Management
The state of California implemented the Medical Waste Management Program as part of the Environmental Management Branch. This is to protect the public and the environment from potentially infectious disease. This agency regulates the handling, generation, storage,...
Prescriptions and Pill Bottles
You need to destroy and dispose prescription bottles contact us Pharmacies carry a lot of sensitive information in their computers just like medical offices. There you can find name, date of birth, address, insurance information, and of course a list of medications of...
Red Bag Waste
Before we discussed why medical facilities use red bags for bio-hazardous waste. Red bags are one of the allowed means for control of medical waste. What goes in them is not the same as what goes in a sharps container or other medical waste bins. It is also known as...
Red Bags
Many institutions impose guidelines in using red bags for the management and removal of medical waste. Health care facilities use many receptacles and collection methods for chemotherapy waste and medical waste disposal. However each have their own purpose and are all...
What Wastes are Not Medical Wastes?
Medical waste segregation deals with sharps waste, red bag waste, chemotherapy waste disposal and general hazardous waste. It is not only good practice to do segregation and using properly marked containers. Furthermore it’s economical and leads to less waste. There...
Advantages of Modern Medical Waste Removal
We Have Many Reasons To Be Grateful For Modern Medical Waste Regulations And Management. Many laws control modern medical waste removal. So most take for granted just how long it take us to arrive at safe and effective medical waste management processes. Medical waste...
