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How to Choose a Medical Waste Management Company in Georgia

How to Choose a Medical Waste Management Company in Georgia

Feb 1, 2016

Finding the right medical waste management company can seem overwhelming. Many factors contribute to this decision, and choosing an inexperienced, unprofessional, or unethical company can lead so some dire consequences—financial or otherwise. Whether you’re in or around Atlanta or any other Georgia city, the following are some tips to help make this process of choosing a Georgia waste management company less stressful and more successful.  

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What Are MSDS Sheets and SDS Sheets and Why Are They Important?

What Are MSDS Sheets and SDS Sheets and Why Are They Important?

Jan 11, 2016

In the medical waste management and environmental waste management arenas, rules and regulations regarding proper waste disposal are often changing. One such area that has recently undergone a significant change relates to MSDS sheets. While this used to be the proper terminology, everything has now shifted to SDS sheets.  

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Tips When Selecting a Full-Service Hazardous Waste Management Company

Tips When Selecting a Full-Service Hazardous Waste Management Company

Jan 8, 2016

When it comes to waste management companies, you want to ensure you’re working with the most experienced, reputable, and convenient company you possibly can. With that in mind, there are distinct benefits to choosing a full-service hazardous waste management company over a business that will only provide certain services in the waste management arena.  

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How Doctors’ Offices Should Properly Dispose of Red Bag Medical Waste

How Doctors’ Offices Should Properly Dispose of Red Bag Medical Waste

Dec 28, 2015

As a medical facility, it’s imperative that you properly dispose of red bag medical waste in the most conscientious, legal, and safe way possible. This not only ensures that the environment and the people handling the waste are kept safe, but it also protects your hospital or doctor’s office from fines levied against you for improper waste disposal protocol. One common kind of waste that needs to be dealt with in a specific way is regulated medical waste—also known as red bag waste.  

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Important Waste Management Tips for OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Training

Important Waste Management Tips for OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Training

Dec 21, 2015

For any worker in the medical field who comes in contact with patients, it’s imperative to undergo OSHA bloodborne pathogen training. This ensures workers can operate in a safe and informed way, but completing the training also means those workers will be in full federal OSHA compliance. Not being in compliance can lead to fines, and continued willful noncompliance can result in escalating penalties.  

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Important Tips to Hiring the Right Medical Waste Management Company

Important Tips to Hiring the Right Medical Waste Management Company

Dec 18, 2015

The medical waste management company you choose to work with matters. The consequences for working with an inexperienced or less-than-knowledgeable company are high, and as a medical facility, you are often liable for any mistakes that company makes with your generated waste. When it’s your finances and office on the line, it becomes essential that you choose the best. This means ensuring the company is fully legal to operate, but it’s also about more intangible qualities such as customer service.  

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How Long Has Your Hazardous Waste Provider Worked with Dry Cleaners?

How Long Has Your Hazardous Waste Provider Worked with Dry Cleaners?

Nov 3, 2015

When it comes to waste disposal in dry cleaning, it’s a very unique and specialized industry. It’s not like working with regular manufacturing waste, which means you want to make sure the waste management company you work with has specific expertise in that line of work and that hazardous material. Because it is so different from industrial waste management, the following are some important questions to ask before settling on a dry cleaner hazardous waste disposal company to service the waste you generate during dry cleaning.  

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Can OSHA Fine Doctors’ Offices for Not Being in OSHA Compliance?

Can OSHA Fine Doctors’ Offices for Not Being in OSHA Compliance?

Oct 23, 2015

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency that deals with the enforcement of safety and health-related issues within the workplace. When a doctor’s office is found to not be in compliance with the regulations established by OSHA, it is absolutely within OSHA’s powers to levy fines against that doctor’s office. Repeated noncompliance can also lead to OSHA enforcing even stricter fines or more dire consequences.

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Doctors’ Offices and Hospitals Require Yearly OSHA Compliance Training

Doctors’ Offices and Hospitals Require Yearly OSHA Compliance Training

Oct 3, 2015

It’s imperative that doctors’ offices and hospitals know how to deal with dangerous substances and biohazardous waste as well as react in dangerous situations. It’s so important that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has laid out legal regulations and rules related to issues such as bloodborne pathogens, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance, hazard communication (hazcom) plans, and more. OSHA requires ongoing training in these categories, and not being up to date on this not only puts your facility in financial risk of fines, but it puts your employees and those you serve at risk of becoming hurt or ill.  

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Do I Need to Pay Monthly Service Billing for My Medical Waste Pick Up?

Do I Need to Pay Monthly Service Billing for My Medical Waste Pick Up?

Sep 25, 2015

In the world of biomedical waste pick up, many people are becoming wary of monthly service charges. However, the problematic issue does not lie with a monthly service charge itself. It’s the combination of being locked into medical waste contracts and being charged exorbitant monthly fees. With that in mind, medical facilities and doctors’ offices don’t necessarily need to avoid monthly fees. They just need to ensure those monthly fees meet certain requirements.  

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