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Toxic mess: Agencies at odds over Ebola-waste disposal
Posted: Oct 19, 2014While the Obama administration and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) try to reassure the public that all U.S. hospitals are capable of treating Ebola patients, the question of what to do with Ebola-contaminated hospital waste appears to be caught up in bureaucratic and regulatory finger-pointing.
Read More ...Ebola, other Pandemics Present Waste Disposal Challenges for Hospitals
Posted: Oct 2, 2014In the event of an outbreak of Ebola or other pandemics, the increase in volume of highly contagious bio-medical waste could present some challenges for hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Today the majority of healthcare facilities use haulers to transport and treat regulated medical waste off-site. There is no assurance, however, that this method is 100% safe for potential pandemic situations nor would this practice be perceived positively when communities realize that trucks are transporting such material near their homes, schools, or businesses.
Read More ...The Washington Times: U.S. hospitals unprepared to deal with Ebola waste
Posted: Oct 1, 2014The nation's hospitals may be unprepared to deal with the waste caused by Ebola patients, according to U.S. health officials, making it difficult for them to care for patients safely and prevent the spread of the disease. At issue is whether waste management companies can pick up and carry Ebola-soiled waste without special training and packaging by people with hazardous materials training.
Read More ...RedBag Solutions Featured in BioTech Daily News
Posted: Jul 2, 2014Whether you want to reduce costs, expand recycling, reduce risk of liability, enhance sustainability, or reduce your organization's carbon footprint, Red Bag Solutions' (RBS) technology and services offer a superior way to process and dispose of biohazardous medical waste.
Read More ...Sustainability Calculator Introduced By Red Bag Solutions
Posted: Apr 25, 2014In an effort to assist the healthcare and pharmaceutical companies to measure their existing levels of greenhouse gases emissions, Red Bag Solutions has developed a Sustainability Calculator. This tool allows generators of bio-hazardous regulated medical waste to estimate and compare the greenhouse gas emissions generated by several popular methods of treating infectious and bio-hazardous waste.
Read More ...Are You Throwing Away Money with Your Waste Removal Practices?
Posted: Mar 6, 2014Hospitals produce three primary waste streams: municipal solid waste (MSW); regulated medical waste (RMW); and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) waste, which is hazardous waste. Each of these comes with escalating prices for proper disposal. Prices per pound range from $0.03 to $0.05 for MSW, $0.20 to $0.50 for RMW and $1.70 to $2.00 for RCRA waste, according to Practice GreenHealth.
Read More ...RedBag Solutions Featured Awarded Innovator All Star at the Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Summit
Posted: Dec 12, 2013While attending the Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Summit, Red Bag Solutions’ medical waste sterilization platform jumped out as an innovator All-Star. It’s the only treatment technology available, says the company, that simultaneously grinds and sterilizes medical waste without hazardous chemicals, negative air emissions or odors.
Read More ...Used Hypodermic Needles Spilled Onto El Sobrante Street
Posted: Nov 7, 2013EL SOBRANTE (CBS SF) – A street in El Sobrante has reopened after fire crews and a hazardous materials team finished removing an estimated 2,000 used hypodermic needles that spilled onto the roadway early Tuesday morning. The spill was reported just after 5 a.m. on Santa Rita Road near Appian Way.
Read More ...WM gets out of Medical Waste business
Posted: Sep 7, 2013Waste Managenent Inc. is looking to move away from the processing of medical waste and instead rely on third-party providers of that work for customers who continue to seek that service. Chief Operating Officer James E. Trevathan, at the recent Wunderlich Securities Inc. Investor Summit in New Orleans, said the medical waste portion of the company's overall business is very small and Waste Managment could better deploy capital in that sector to other portions of the business.
Read More ...RedBag Solutions Featured in Middle East Health
Posted: Feb 1, 2013Steam is recognised worldwide as an accepted standard for sterilizing bio-hazardous medical waste. More recently, ozone, a powerful oxidant capable of destroying bacteria and viruses, has been introduced and accepted as a technology capable of sterilizing a broader range of bio-hazardous waste with less energy and water consumption than other technologies, including steam.
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