Medical Waste Services

Summary

Medical waste is a specialized waste stream that is regulated by various federal and state governmental agencies.Health care facilities, including hospitals, physician's offices, dental offices, veterinary hospitals and other clinics all generate medical waste that require special handling and disposal. Other facilities that often generate medical waste are laboratories/research centers, education facilities and pet shops. Medical waste is defined as either biohazardous or sharps.

• Biohazardous waste includes items such as fluid blood or fluid blood products, infectious secretions, laboratory waste, microbiology specimens, surgery specimens, animal parts or animal fluids contaminated with infectious agents known to be contagious to humans.
• Sharps waste includes items such as hypodermic needles, syringes, blades and needles with attached tubing, broken glass items, syringes contaminated with biohazardous waste, acupuncture needles, root canal files, or any other device capable of cutting or piercing.

The Medical Waste Regulatory Program provides regulations for the handling, storage, treatment, and disposal of medical waste in the State of Michigan. According to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's web site, "The objective of this program is to protect those persons who come into contact with medical waste from exposure to the risk of injury, infection, or disease that is created from improperly disposed medical waste. The Medical Waste Regulatory Program mandates how producing facilities of medical waste must manage their medical waste from the point at which it is generated to its ultimate disposal point. Generators of medical waste are required to register as producing facilities of medical waste under the Medical Waste Regulatory Program." arch environmental group is a registered Producing Facility of Medical Waste – registration #40106.

Medical waste is dangerous and should be handled, packaged, transported and treated properly. arch environmental group provides various medical waste services that can assist your facility biologically safe and compliant.

Service Options

Bio-School and Bio-Office Medical Waste Programs

arch environmental group's Bio-School and Bio-Office programs are designed to guide you and provide necessary services to comply with biohazard and medical waste disposal regulations. We are prepared to help with any or all steps including registration, exposure control plan, program set-up, training and medical waste pick-ups.

Medical Waste Pick-ups & Disposal

Full service medical waste pick-ups and proper biomedical waste disposal services are available. Routine pick-up runs or on-call pick-ups are welcome.

Medical Waste Supplies

Medical waste containers, sharps containers, bio-waste red bags and clean-up kits are available. Supplies are also included in our pick-up/disposal services and Bio-School/Bio-Office programs if requested.

Decanting Services

Formalin waste is toxic due to the presence of formaldehyde and methanol. Formalin is often now typically treated separately from the biological specimens and in some instances it may be recovered for re-use. arch environmental group offers unique off-site decanting services for hospitals and medical care facilities.