As a perspective pediatrician taking this course, I have concerns over the amount of medical waste disposed. My goal for studying this sight is to see what possible policies could be implement to decrease waste production while also follow the strict guidelines for patient safety. Approximately 6,670 tons per day of “hospital waste” generated in US hospitals, which is about 1% of all municipal solid waste made yearly (Mochungong 2011). “Hospital waste” refers to all waste (biological or non-biological) that is discarded that comes out a hospital. “Medical waste” is the items stemming from patient diagnosis, treatment, or preventative medicine. I am going to use the term medical waste about hospital waste, I think about the including the disposal
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For example, in the summer of 1988 was syringe-related (65%) and came from home healthcare and illegal intravenous drug US mostly still containing insulin and/or cocaine in 60% (Rutala & Mayhall 1992). However, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (and other organizations) has argued that medical waste constituted no more of a danger than any other municipal solid waste, which only 1% washes up onto beaches (Tulis & Thomann 1992). The main cause for is the Medical Waste Tracking Act (MWTA), which was signed into law on November 1, 1985 (Rutala & Mayhall 1992). This act, fueling by concern/misconception about medical waste being a carrier for HIV, states classifications of medical waste including sharps, such as needles, and bodily fluids and must be tracked to landfills or incinerators (Weiss et al. …show more content…
There were always three aids that “turned over” all six operating rooms. Turning over involved the removal of the disposable table cover, disposal pillow, and disposal pillow sheet, disposable on board cover (the list goes on) and replace them with new disposable materials as well as removing the trash (anything that’s not washable from the surgery), and the soiled linen. In addition, in the process of changing over rooms was mopping. Furthermore, I know that we use this for sanitary reasons; however, I wonder why we can’t have a re-washable system. That was not the only job they were also required to pick a patients from their rooms on the fourth floor and bring them down to the OR, which was on second floor. Furthermore, they had to reset all the shelves of saline fluids sterile water and for hip replacement, knee replacements, etc. This is a reason why have volunteers to do help them clean rooms and input equipment away (volunteers can’t move patients
For example, in the summer of 1988 was syringe-related (65%) and came from home healthcare and illegal intravenous drug US mostly still containing insulin and/or cocaine in 60% (Rutala & Mayhall 1992). However, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (and other organizations) has argued that medical waste constituted no more of a danger than any other municipal solid waste, which only 1% washes up onto beaches (Tulis & Thomann 1992). The main cause for is the Medical Waste Tracking Act (MWTA), which was signed into law on November 1, 1985 (Rutala & Mayhall 1992). This act, fueling by concern/misconception about medical waste being a carrier for HIV, states classifications of medical waste including sharps, such as needles, and bodily fluids and must be tracked to landfills or incinerators (Weiss et al. …show more content…
There were always three aids that “turned over” all six operating rooms. Turning over involved the removal of the disposable table cover, disposal pillow, and disposal pillow sheet, disposable on board cover (the list goes on) and replace them with new disposable materials as well as removing the trash (anything that’s not washable from the surgery), and the soiled linen. In addition, in the process of changing over rooms was mopping. Furthermore, I know that we use this for sanitary reasons; however, I wonder why we can’t have a re-washable system. That was not the only job they were also required to pick a patients from their rooms on the fourth floor and bring them down to the OR, which was on second floor. Furthermore, they had to reset all the shelves of saline fluids sterile water and for hip replacement, knee replacements, etc. This is a reason why have volunteers to do help them clean rooms and input equipment away (volunteers can’t move patients