Whether you work in a doctor's office, manage a tattoo shop, or administering vaccines, you probably handle a few sharps throughout the year. Sharps is well known in healthcare as a medical term for devices with sharp points or edges that can puncture skin, like needles and syringes. They are commonly used in medical and healthcare settings but also at home or while traveling to manage medical conditions. Making sure sharps are disposed of safely is important, regardless of how or where they’re used. Not properly disposing of sharps puts those handling the waste at risk for injury and can cau ..read more

We’ve made some changes and updates to our website we think you'll like! Besides a new look, there are new features and information that are easy to use and navigate. Resources to Manage Your Business Blogs are one of our newest features! Here you'll get industry insights and updates about topics and tools to help manage your regulated waste and compliance needs. Accessing the Client Portal to manage your account is now easier than ever too. As COVID-19 remains top of mind throughout our communities, we'll continue to curate accessible resources and information on our new COVID-19 resource pag ..read more

Sharps management in Idaho, Utah, and Oregon is serious business. From used needles to broken glass, your medical waste must be taken seriously and understanding how to safely manage the potentially dangerous waste will help keep you, your staff, and your patients or customers safe, while keeping your practice or facility compliant. What Are Sharps? Sharps are often thought of as needles used in healthcare settings. They are objects or devices with sharp points or edges that could potentially puncture the skin. Other surgical utensils used in medical settings include needles, scalpels, syringe ..read more

Without proper treatment of your medical waste, the answer is Yes. Proper treatment of medical waste in many cases can be defined as sterilization of the medical waste so there are no longer any infectious or contaminating agents left in the waste. Without sterilization, potentially dangerous harmful waste can get into our environment and communities causing devastating effects. Taking an Environmentally Friendly Approach to Managing Your Medical Waste While many state regulations about disposal of medical waste vary, taking an environmentally friendly approach to managing your medical waste w ..read more

Whether you’re a hospital, doctor’s office, or local dentist, generating waste is a reality in the medical field. To provide the safest care for patients and staff, many instruments and tools used in healthcare settings are only used once. These instruments or devices should not be disposed of in the regular garbage. They are potential infectious and should be treated as if they are and disposed of in regulated medical waste containers to keep everyone safe and healthy. If infectious materials gets into public waste streams, it puts the community and the environment at risk. To help prevent th ..read more

Have you thought about the how much medical waste your facility products? Managing a doctors office, dental practice, or even tattoo shop produces medical waste. Whether you're producing pounds of regulated waste or tones of it, check out these easy tips for how you can reduce the amount of regulated waste you produce. Is it All Medical Waste? While most of your staff know the difference between color-coded waste containers such as red sharps or green recycling, your visitors or patients may not. Unknowingly, visitors or patients could discard of their trash in the wrong designated receptacle ..read more