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Healthcare Waste Management System (HCWM)

Healthcare Waste Management System (HCWM)

What is healthcare waste ?

Healthcare waste (HCW) is a by-product of healthcare that includes sharps, non-sharps, blood, body parts, chemicals,

pharmaceuticals, medical devices and radioactive materials.

Hospital wastes are categorised according to their weight, density and constituents. The World Health Organisation

(WHO) has classified medical waste into different categories. These are:

Categories of health-care waste-Hazardous health-care waste

Waste category	Descriptions and examples
Sharps waste	Used or unused sharps (e.g. hypodermic, intravenous or other needles; auto-disable syringes; syringes with attached needles; infusion sets; scalpels; pipettes; knives; blades; broken glass)
Infectious waste	Waste suspected to contain pathogens and that poses a risk of disease transmission e.g. waste contaminated with blood and other body luids; laboratory cultures and microbiological stocks; waste including excreta and other materials that have been in contact with patients infected with highly infectious diseases in isolation wards)
Pathological waste	Human tissues, organs or luids; body parts; fetuses; unused blood products
Pharmaceutical waste	Pharmaceuticals that are expired or no longer needed; items contaminated by or containing pharmaceuticals
Chemical waste	Waste containing chemical substances (e.g. laboratory reagents; ilm developer; disinfectants that are expired or no longer needed; solvents; waste with high content of heavy metals, e.g. batteries; broken thermometers and blood-pressure gauges)
cytotoxic waste	Cytotoxic waste containing substances with genotoxic properties (e.g. waste containing cytostatic drugs – often used in cancer therapy; genotoxic chemicals)
Radioactive waste	Waste containing radioactive substances (e.g. unused liquids from radiotherapy or laboratory research; contaminated glassware, packages or absorbent paper; urine and excreta from patients treated or tested with unsealed radionuclides; sealed sources)
Non-hazardous or general health-care waste	Waste that does not pose any particular biological, chemical, radioactive or physical hazard

The major sources of health-care waste are:

hospitals and other health-care establishments
laboratories and research centres
mortuary and autopsy centres
animal research and testing laboratories
blood banks and collection services
nursing homes for the elderly.

Famed's solution for the HCWM

Famed committed our self to supply the HCWM product from the materials to the structure and craft so that to reduce the risk of healthcare waste.

A. Waste Minimization

All of our medical waste disposal container and bags are made of biodegradable and Chlorine Free materials,

no Any potentially hazardous materials. Our instruments such as needle destroyer are designed to burn the

needle into ashes, save the space and destroy the waste completely.

B. Segregation and containerization

The correct segregation of waste at the point of generation relies on a clear identification of the different

categories of wasteand the separate disposal of the waste in accordance with the categorization chosen.

Segregation must be done at the point of generationof the waste. To encourage segregation at source,

(reusable)containers or baskets with liners of the correct size and thickness are placed as close to the

point of generation as possible.

They should be properlycolour-coded(yellow or red for infectious waste) and have the international infectious

waste symbol clearly marked. When they are 3/4 full, the liners are closed with plastic cable ties or string and

placed into larger containers or liners at the intermediate storage areas. Suitable latex gloves must always be

used when handling infectious waste.

Segregation is the key to any effective waste management !

We can supply the following materials for Hospital Waste Segregation & containerization

B1. Sharp Waste

Needles, Needle and Syringe assemblies, Lancets, Scalpets, Blades, Scissors,

Sutures, Specimen, Tables,Broken Glass, Ampoules,Intravenous Catheter,Glass

Slides, Cover Slips

Sharp Waste can disposed in followings ways :

Sharp Containers

Our range of Sharps Containers are used for

the disposal of sharp and cutting waste resistant

and come in several cutting waste.They

are puncture resistant and come

in Several sharps and size to facilitate use

at different sites of the hospital Color

sharp container, Red or yellow.With Biohazard

symbols

Needle Counters

This new range of sharps holders has been

especially designed to provide ultimate

protection to clinical staff against inadvertent

sharps injury during the organization, handling

and disposal of sharps during a surgical procedure.

It can be used to count the needle had used

quickly and accurately

Safety Box

Safety box is an innovative packaging solution

created for depositing used vaccination syringes

and needles tosafe guard against infection and

prevent reuse.

Electric Needle &Syringe Destroyer

It destroys the syringe & needle both in 5s.

burn the used needle into ashes, portable design .

Needle syringe hub cutter

It destroys the syringe & needle both in single

action. Having stainless steel body having

facility for table & wall mounting. Bio-degradable

& autoclavable material having 3Ltrs capacity.

It cuts hub & needle fall in sharp container.

B2. Hazardous/Clinical Waste

Gloves, Gowns & Masks, Gauze, Dressings & Swabs, Spatulas, Urine & Blood Bags, Sump tubes & Suction

Canisters, Disposable bowls & Containers, Hemodialysis tubings, Intravenous lines, Bags, Foley's cath

Hazardous & Clinical Waste can be disposed either in a disposable biodegradable containers or reusable containers using biodegradable bags.

Reusable Containers

medical waste bin with red, yellow colors, with disposal color coded bags in it

Color coded waste bags

Different waste to different colors bags:

Waste Type	Classification	Colour Coding	Description
Infectious Clinical Waste	Hazardous		Poses a known or potential risk of infection including anatomical waste, diagnostic specimens, regent or test vials.
Infectious Clinical Waste	Hazardous		Potentially infectious waste, autoclave and laboratory waste.
Offensive/non infectious waste	Non Hazardous		Healthcare waste which is classed as non infectious, including nappy, incontinence, sanitary waste and other waste produced from human hygiene.
Pharmaceutical waste	Non Hazardous		Includes expired, unused, contaminated and spilt pharmaceutical drugs, products and vaccines. Including bottles, boxes or vials with residues. Also including products contaminated from the use of handling pharmaceuticals including gloves, masks, connecting tubes, syringe bodies and drug vials.*
Cytotoxic and Cytostatic drugs	Hazardous		Hormone and cancer treatment medicinal waste must be separated from other medicinal waste as they are classed as hazardous. Located list can be found in BNF or NIOSH list of medicines. Failure to segregate from non-hazardous medicines will mean that the waste must be treated as hazardous and incur associated hazardous waste charges.
Controlled drugs	Non Hazardous		Controlled drugs must be denatured to render them safe and without value and then disposed of with other non hazardous waste medicines.*