U.S. healthcare facilities faced an unexpected dilemma during the international outbreak of West Ebola Virus Disease (EBV) from 2014-2016: hospitals were unprepared and often overwhelmed as they ...

The business of waste — specifically, the business of off-site management of hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste — is big. The global medical waste management industry is so large, in fact, that ...

Regulations imposed by federal and state agencies require that employers develop policies and procedures to address the handling, storage and disposal of infectious materials. On-the-job exposure to ...

The Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy center had to pause operations on Monday after calling in a special cleanup crew after staff found that a delivery of “infectious” medical waste had been ...

The Medical University of South Carolina and an associated facility have been fined nearly $120,000 for dozens of infectious waste violations, including failing to protect the public from potential ...

It should be noted that nearly all of the categories of infectious waste depend upon the presence of infectious agents or the possibility of the presence of infectious agents. The exceptions to this ...

The Horry County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) landfill is among many garbage disposal sites in South Carolina. The Horry landfill is near Conway. Jason Lee jlee@thesunnews.com State inspectors found ...

MANILA, Philippines — Healthcare facilities and testing laboratories that fail to properly dispose of infectious medical waste could face sanctions and lose their license, the Department of Health ...

CEBU, Philippines — Healthcare facilities and testing laboratories that fail to properly dispose of infectious medical waste could face sanctions and lose their license, the Department of Health ...

MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — Mountains of infectious waste, including huge piles of discarded coffins and tons of hospital garbage, are popping up across Mexico amid the coronavirus pandemic, a grisly ...