Handling Medical Waste Disposals in a Right Manner
When you are working in healthcare units millions of sharps including needles, syringes, blunted needles, and blades are being used by healthcare workers. Have you ever imagined where they go after utilization? The answer to this is there is a waste handling management team that manages the wastes disposal. Some medical waste is disposed of through autoclave and some sharps used in chemotherapy are disposed of through incineration. Handling sharps is somewhat hazardous and should be carefully handled. The improper disposing of sharps can cause accidental needle pricks which may cause serious infections and life-threatening diseases. Sharp handling takes place in 2 levels. Firstly, As far as the needles and other sharps are being used they should be thrown in a medical sharps container immediately after use as ultimately it reduces the risk of needle sticks. Secondly, the sharps waste disposal should be disposed to collection sites where waste handlers pick the sharp wastes and au