According to the CDC, approximately 385,000 needlestick and sharps-related injuries occur each year among healthcare ...

Used injections, syringes, medicine vials, saline bottles and face masks were spotted lying unattended on open ground behind ...

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BRISTOL, Conn. (WTNH) — Bristol residents and environment advocates are worried about what could potentially be in the air as a plant seeks state permits to burn biomedical waste. Covanta, now known ...

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Used syringes, vials and tubing highlight challenges in proper segregation and barcoding mandated under biomedical waste compliance systems With 31 tonnes generated daily, compliance lapses, training ...

COIMBATORE: Inter-state disputes over dumping of biomedical waste can be mitigated if they can be used productively in agriculture. This is what the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and ...

KOCHI: Kochi corporation’s new initiative to address the growing problem of sanitary and special care waste disposal -- biomedical waste treatment plant -- is expected to be commissioned in September.

Household collection of biomedical waste within the Kochi city limits is only slowly returning to normalcy after the Corporation accumulated a backlog of nearly 60 tonnes after one of the two ...