Protect Your Company’s Research Information Found in Red Bag Waste
If you work in the healthcare industry, you know the value of research. Experiments occurring right this minute in labs across the country are searching for cures, studying existing health-related concerns, and delving into new findings. When new discoveries are made, there is a need to protect that outcome until it can be further researched and substantiated.
The biohazardous medical waste produced throughout these studies are likely to contain sensitive research information that could be damaging to the research process, should the red bag waste materials fall into the wrong hands.
Disposing of Research Information
As medical research is conducted, waste is created. This waste could come in a variety of forms, including (but not limited to):
- Cultures generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of a human being
- Human blood and blood products
- Human pathologic waste such as discarded organs and body parts
- Medical sharps used in patient care, medical research, or clinical laboratories.
Research facilities are ultimately responsible for the waste they generate from initiation to treatment. Such waste must be promptly disposed of in red bags – a very specific and secure method of containing and disposing of medical waste. These red bags must be impervious to moisture, leak resistant and able to be sealed to prevent leakage during transport. They must be strong enough to prevent tearing or bursting during use and handling, and puncture resistant for sharps.
Ensure Proper Red Bag Waste Disposal
The various businesses, laboratories and universities that produce research-related red bag waste must follow state laws regarding the appropriate storage, transfer, treatment and disposal of biohazardous medical waste. These rules, codes and regulations vary widely, so it is essential that these organizations have an awareness of the biohazardous medical waste regulations for their specific area.
To help protect your business and to ensure compliance with your applicable state and federal red bag waste standards, plan to partner with a reputable local waste transportation and disposal company. In central and north Alabama, SecureMed serves as just such an integrated solutions provider. Offering unmatched medical waste collection and service efficiencies, SecureMed supports specialized medical waste management.
SecureMed can provide you with certified documentation that indicates the proper treatment or disposal of the red bag waste that your work produces. This medical waste disposal company is licensed, insured and fully compliant with all Alabama and federal medical waste handling laws.
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