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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Stages Involved In Medical Waste Disposal Florida

By Harriett Crosby


There are certain stages which must be considered in ensuring that medical wastes are disposed in a good way. This article considers some of the necessary stages involved in Medical Waste Disposal Florida. Medical wastes may be defined as the wastes which are normally generated at the medical care facility.

These wastes are normally infectious to human beings hence they must be disposed in a proper manner. Example of the medical wastes includes the following. Removed body organs, glassware, discarded syringes and needles, surgical gloves and discarded lancets.

It is important that these wastes are separated to prevent cross termination. The separation of these wastes normally takes place at the point when they are generated in order to prevent the cross termination. After the separation, they are stored in wastes bags which are specially meant for that purpose.

There should be a place where the wastes are stored shortly before being transported to the central place. This is normally referred to as intermediate store. This allows for the daily collection of the wastes from the places where they are generated to the intermediate storage. The wastes should not stay at this place for a longer period. These should just act as a collection center where they are collected for a shorter period of time.

Internal transportation of the wastes is the next step. They should be transported using a trolley from the areas where they are generated to the central place. The trolley to be used should be one which will enable easy loading and offloading of the wastes. The trolley should also not have sharp edges which might damage the wastes bags. The transportation must also be done in a way that cross termination is avoided.

The people handling the trolley should be able to load and off load the wastes with ease. They should not struggle with them since they may get contaminated when they are struggling with them. Another thing to be ensured at this stage is that the edges of the trolley should not be sharp. This is because if they are sharp, they are likely to Damage the wastes bags and lead to the leakages of the waste and cross termination.

From the intermediary storage, the next step is to transport the to the central collection center where they are stored before taken for treatment and finally disposal. They should not be kept for longer period at this central storage place. At this place, the wastes are treated and disinfected using various methods. After the treatment the next stage which follows is the transportation to the place where the wastes are going to be disposed.

During the transportation to the place where they are going to be thrown away, those handling them must also ensure that they do it in a proper manner. The vehicle used should be a special one specially meant for that purpose. The edges must as well be smooth and proper bags must be used for the disposal as well. These are stages involved in Medical Waste Disposal Florida.




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