A single mistake in hazardous waste disposal can lead to severe fines and harm to staff, patients, and the environment. Are you confident your hazardous waste compliance meets the legal standard? As a healthcare professional, you must actively manage...
Healthcare professionals use intravenous (IV) drips for a variety of reasons. These include providing key medicines, electrolytes, vitamins and minerals, but they are also used for sedation as an alternative to anaesthesia. Midazolam (a benzodiazepine) is the most commonly...
Pharmacies and chemists will produce waste every day. They could operate within a hospital, supermarket or on their own premises. Managing waste items and ensuring they are safely disposed of will protect pharmacists, technicians, patients and the environment. The...
When establishing a waste management system in a laboratory, it’s important to understand the guidelines and regulations that professionals are held to. These shape the workflows used daily, and ensure technicians and visitors are kept safe. It’s important to...
Our sense of smell is incredibly powerful and has been shown to have direct links to how comfortable we feel in a particular environment. It is the sense with the greatest emotional and sensitive impact, and it transfers directly...
Laboratory clinical waste guidance The laboratory can use a number of different materials day to day, and produce a variety of hazardous solutions, which each require safe handling. Understanding key aspects of the waste workflow is vital for a...
A modern laboratory setting produces a wide and complex array of materials, resulting in many different waste streams, from hazardous solvents and chemical residues to biohazardous materials and sharps. Optimising laboratory waste management, therefore, begins not just with selecting...
When flu season arrives, many healthcare providers think of waste management as a behind-the-scenes job: bins are filled, bags are tied, and collections are made. But, in reality, your approach to waste is not just about moving bags from...
Each year, flu season sweeps through the UK with the reliability of a tide. For healthcare providers in clinics, hospitals, and care homes, it brings a familiar set of challenges: increased patient demand, staff absences, and the constant risk...
Flu vaccination season means busy clinics, queues at pharmacies, and a sharp rise in used needles. With every jab administered, another piece of clinical waste is generated, and each syringe or needle must be disposed of properly. Sharps disposal...