Types of regulated waste generated by a dental practice and each has its own requirements.
(prHWY.com) September 6, 2012 - Florida, FL -- Florida, Sep 09, 2012 - Types of regulated waste generated by a dental practice and each has its own requirements. Out of these - disposal of hazardous chemicals - have well defined disposal programs. Dental practices understand the necessity for implementing these programs, as there are direct and harmful environmental impacts.
Category is the disposal of regulated medical wastes or infectious wastes associated with patient procedures. These by-products can include blood-soaked gauzes, needles, small amounts of human tissue, or disposable instruments used in dental procedures.
A whole industry emerged around Sharps containers that capture used syringes and needles. But the expense of these containers, like the disposal of this category of medical waste, usually gets little review by the dental practitioner. It is considered to be a necessary evil - and it is - but it is an expense that can be controlled. The development of HIV many years ago gave attention to the necessity of protecting medical professionals and patients from inadvertent exposure to needles or other wastes containing Blood Borne Pathogens that had been used on someone else.
Medical Waste North Carolina - Regulated medical waste disposal has been a creeping type of regulation that has slowly become more defined. Until just recently dentists could take their needles and create their own disposal units by putting them in a bucket and covering them with concrete. But that is no longer the case.
Regulations have changed and dental practices are now required to dispose of this category of medical waste through state permitted disposal facilities that may utilize incineration, autoclaving or chemical treatment of all waste material. Since dentists do not have incinerators, autoclaves or chemicals to treat their own waste, this means that they must contract for this service from third party medical waste transporters.
A few years ago there were a number of these service providers in the market place offering competitive rates to dental practices. However, recent consolidation of these companies, many of them regionally focused, has increased in recent years and so has the cost associated with medical waste disposal and transportation.
Most general dental practices, unless they perform surgeries, do not generate more than three-four boxes of waste per year. It is a low volume production activity. However, the large medical waste service providers have instituted a contract basis that may necessitate quarterly, monthly or weekly pick-ups - with a charge per container plus administrative fees. This aspect of service is not part of any state or federal regulation, but only as a binding term of a service contract.
Needle Disposal North Carolina - Whether or not you are a low volume dental practice producer or you generate six or more boxes of disposable medical waste medical waste per year, week, or month, what you really need is a service provider that will come when you call them - and this should be when the box is full, not half empty.
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