KATHMANDU: Experts today urged the use of autoclaves and shredders in hospital waste management. Speaking at an interaction on non-burn technology for healthcare waste management, Ruth Stringer, ...

Immediately autoclaving Ebola virus disease (EVD) waste, including healthcare workers' personal protective equipment (PPE), is a key step in dealing with the enormous volume that accumulates during ...

The recent acquisition of high-tech autoclaves has marked a significant step forward. These advanced machines, capable of using high-pressure steam to sterilize and shred medical waste, were ...

Here are three frequently asked questions about OSHA’s rules concerning regulated waste and the federal agency’s responses to those questions. OSHA: The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard uses the term, ...

Treating the Ebola patient in Dallas involves a major challenge: how to safely dispose of any bodily waste or soiled equipment that could pass along the virus. It’s a confusing issue for state health ...

Biohazardous agent refers to an agent that is biological in nature, capable of self-replication, and has the capacity to produce deleterious effects upon biological organisms. Biohazardous agents ...

Plans to build a large-scale autoclave waste treatment plant in Herefordshire, which have already been dogged by delays, have met with further obstacles this week. A meeting of councillors at ...