Friday, December 28, 2012

Why There Is Need For Good Biomedical Waste Florida Management

By Anna Hernandez


Biochemical wastes are any solid, sharp substances or liquid matter and laboratory wastes that have the capacity to cause an infection. Proper management of these materials is very crucial because it can be harmful to the public and the health workers themselves. Unlike industrial matter this type is different in that the source is from biological process and sources that are needed for helping patients for various disease conditions. Biomedical Waste Florida has policies to help manage these materials.

The products can come from many different places, the commonest being clinics and hospitals, nursing homes laboratories and even funeral homes. In Florida, there are up to 38,000 different facilities that generate this type products every day. The state has therefore come up with strict policies at different levels to ensure the by-product is managed properly and that the public and health workers are protected.

There are two main departments involved in the process. The department concerned with health and a second department that deals with protection of the environment. The role of the department dealing with the environment is to ensure that ultimate disposal and incineration is done. The role of the health department is to keep in check all the facilities and people that are involved in production of these material, storage, transportation and finally treatment ensuring that they do their work responsibly.

Lack of proper management poses a health risk to all the people involved directly and indirectly with the products. They are at high risk of getting deadly infections. The state has given clear steps that can be used to ensure that by-product disposal is carried out properly.

The state has policies that require every center that generates these products to have approved documented showing the procedure they have set in place to manage their by products. The people responsible for removal of these products must be registered and licensed to carry out that task.

if these materials are being produced from homes, they must follow proper channels of deposition. There are local county programs for collection of these waste material and help in home cleaning. These programs give guidelines that serve as guides on how to handle the products well. Complainants on issues on poor handling of waste are solved by the department of health.

The process of disposal are quite expensive, the government therefore through legislation provides funds to facilitate the programs. Additional fund are also availed from the payment of registration fees that facilities remit annually. The state also through the health departments gives guidelines advising on issues of proper management.

There are also regular trainings to personnel who are involved in the different stages of management. They are required to receive the necessary training before beginning the job and attend continuous refreshing courses in between the process on an annual basis.

The products are harmful to the body when they are absorbed through mucus membranes, ingested or inhaled. These cause very bad lesions to the skin and eyes or to the respiratory system if they are inhaled. On the environment they are toxic to the surrounding and water where they cause pollution. To avoid this biomedical Waste Florida has rules in place.




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