Dealing with Regulated Medical Waste
May 23, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
In most hospital situations where regulated medical waste is hauled away to be burned, the cost is about 25 cents per pound, and the volume is measured in tons. This piece suggests a better solution, but doesn’t give any comparative figures for a new portable machine from Sterilis LLC (Boxborough, MA). It is about the size of a commercial copying machine, and uses steam sterilization and grinding technology to process a load of RMW in 60 minutes. The resulting “confetti” can be disposed as normal trash. MORE
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