Med Waste Manifest

• 10/30/2009
• Author: Kristine Miller
• Category: EC News Blog
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Not too long ago the river near my house was pretty much declared a toxic waste cleanup site. For months, workers in hazmat suits used huge cranes and earth movers to tear apart the river banks in the spots where the thorium had collected. It will take years before that pretty little stream looks the same again; maybe never till it’s really safe.

They pinned the waste pollution on a nationwide manufacturer that had been dumping into the river. Fortunately, no medical waste stream was involved. No hospitals or health care organizations were indicted.

Do you know where your medical waste goes? Of course you do. But check those manifests. And hang onto them. How long? See the Joint Commission FAQ at http://www.jointcommission.org/AccreditationPrograms/Hospitals/Standards/
09_FAQs/EC/Maintaining+Medical+Waste+Manifests.htm.