How Chemical Waste Disposal Massachusetts Plays Key Role in Medical Waste

Posted by Ems llcusa on December 19th, 2018

Today disposal of waste is a enormous industry with crucial consequences on the environment and public life. Whether you run a hospital, a general practitioner surgery, a pharmacy or a laboratory, there is no doubt that you have to deal with healthcare waste. Such waste includes expired pharmaceuticals, bags and vials containing traces of toxic drugs, spilled liquids and contaminated body tissues or fluids. Moreover the healthcare waste can include the waste produced in the course of healthcare procedures undertaken by patients at home. 

Non Hazardous Waste Management Disposal if not done properly is regarded as hazardous and can create a variety of health risks. Disposing of pharmaceutical and other chemical waste such as lab waste can be highly problematic. Healthcare waste can be classified in different categories such as infectious waste – it is the waste that is suspected to contain pathogens (bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi) in sufficient concentration or quantity to cause disease, such as cultures and stocks of infectious agents from laboratory work, waste from surgery and autopsies on patients with infectious diseases. Moreover this waste contains waste from infected patients in isolation wards and infected animals from laboratories. 

Lab Pack Disposal usually contains Sharps. These are items that could cause cuts or puncture wounds, including needles, hypodermic needles, scalpel and other blades, knives, infusion sets, saws, broken glass, and nails. Whether or not they are infected, such items are usually considered as highly hazardous waste. There is pathological waste. It consists of tissues, organs, body parts, human fetuses and animal carcasses, blood, and body fluids. Within this category, recognizable human or animal body parts are also called anatomical waste. 

Chemical Waste Disposal Massachusetts comprises of pharmaceutical waste. This includes expired, unused, spilt, and/or contaminated medicines, drugs and vaccines that are no longer required and need to be disposed of appropriately. The category also includes discarded items used in the handling of pharmaceuticals, such as bottles or boxes with residues, gloves, masks, connecting tubing, and drug vials. 

Chemical waste also consists of discarded solid, liquid, and gaseous chemicals, for example from diagnostic and experimental work and from cleaning, housekeeping, and disinfecting procedures. Chemical waste is considered to be hazardous if it is toxic, corrosive, flammable or reactive in any way. 

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