Infectious waste is any waste with the presence or the reasonable anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface. The following are typical materials ...

The Horry County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) landfill is among many garbage disposal sites in South Carolina. The Horry landfill is near Conway. Jason Lee jlee@thesunnews.com State inspectors found ...

Items that are sterilized in an autoclave are not considered sterilized unless the sterilizer complies with state regulations. CWRU often asks that material be sterilized in an autoclave to make them ...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher today announced that agents of his Environmental Crimes Section have charged Waste Management of New York and Kephart Trucking of Bigler, Pa., with alleged ...

The Medical University of South Carolina and an associated facility have been fined nearly $120,000 for dozens of infectious waste violations, including failing to protect the public from potential ...

WEBVTT WE'RE EXPECTING A FEW INCHES TO ACCUMULATE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. RIGHT NOW WE FOUND IT. WE TOLD THEM ABOUT IT. THEY PROMISED TO STOP IT. UPMC IS STILL DUMPING INFECTIOUS MEDICAL WASTE IN A ...

Blood-soaked bandages, bodily fluids and body parts have been found mixed in with waste and recycling products at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy Center in Newport, according to the ...

EH&S is responsible for overseeing general university compliance with the Biowaste Program. The waste generator is responsible for identifying infectious and non-infectious biological waste that they ...

South Carolina's environmental and public health agency is looking into the trash-handling practices of the Medical University of South Carolina after untreated infectious waste was found at a ...

Regulations imposed by federal and state agencies require that employers develop policies and procedures to address the handling, storage and disposal of infectious materials. On-the-job exposure to ...