Independence Medical Waste Disposal Services
Independence Medical Waste Disposal. Healthcare Waste Management offers convenient, secure medical waste disposal services in Kentucky. Including: infectious waste disposal, biohazard waste disposal, medical waste disposal, sharps container disposal and compliance training plus secure document shredding. Contact us today for a quick, customized quote to fit your needs.
Medical Waste Disposal
We specialize in the removal of infectious waste from your hospital, medical office or private practice.
Contact Healthcare Waste Management Today to find out how we save you Money for medical waste disposal.
Compliance Training
Bloodborne pathogens training, Exposure control plans, Required training, Supplies and More.
Healthcare Waste Management is here to answer all of your questions about the training required by your facility.
Sharps Container Disposal
Healthcare Waste Management is the perfect partner to help with your sharps disposal needs.
No customer is too big or small for us to help with your safe disposal of needles and sharps. Contact Us Today!
RCRA & Pharma Waste
Pharmaceutical waste disposal is becoming one of the most important aspects of environmental services.
Healthcare Waste Management can help your facility manage all of your RCRA and pharmaceutical waste. Call Today.
Document Destruction
To stay within compliance of the increased government regulations, we provide secure paper shredding for your facility or business.
Our drivers come to your location to set you up with secure locking cabinets or large document carts for safe storage until removal.
Biohazard Supplies
From Biohazard Boxes & Bins to our replacement sharps container program. We have everything you need.
In an effort to help our customers better utilize their time, we offer direct supplies delivery at the same time as scheduled services.
We service all of Kentucky for your medical waste and biohazard waste disposal needs. Contact Healthcare Waste Management today for a quick medical waste disposal disposal quote. You can reach us at 888-427-5797.
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Independence Medical Waste Disposal
Are you in Independence or the surrounding area? Do you generate medical waste of any amount? We are here for you. Many medical waste disposal companies in the area are overpriced and can’t provide the same quality of service. Along with our medical waste disposal services we can provide biohazardous pickup and sharps pickup for any amount of waste. We can also securely shred you products, your paper waste and your hard drives if needed.
Constantly Lowering Costs
In order to always provide the highest quality service at the lowest prices we take many steps to cut our costs. One of these steps is our intelligent truck routing software. This software takes in every bit of data available to route our trucks through the most efficient pickup routes. Another step we take that many medical waste disposal companies are not willing to take is we own our own disposal plant. Most medical waste companies do not want to take on the responsibility of owning a waste disposal plant and are happy to instead charge you more to pay someone else to destroy the waste.
Independence, Kentucky
Independence is sat in central Kenton County and bordered by the towns Covington, Erlanger and Elsemere. This town was established as a city of America in 1838 and was originally called Everett’s Creek. In 1840 the town was combined with a couple other nearby towns and was renamed it’s current day name Independence. The modern economy is fueled by manufacturing for overseas companies such as Krauss and Mazak.
Healthcare Systems
Same as many towns in this area, Independence doesn’t have a hospital in the town. However, if you need basic healthcare for your family or immune shots there are clinics such as The Little Clinic. Located on Declaration Drive near the Kroger, this location accepts most insurance along with cash and cards.
Independence, KY Benefits of Using Healthcare Waste Management Services
As the name suggest we are a complete management team of your healthcare medical, biohazard, sharps and other wastes that is regulated. From pickup to destruction, we are the only company that handles your waste.
- We own the waste from pickup to destruction, no middleman, means no hidden cost.
- Our state-of-the-art processing plants ensure the waste is disposed of as quickly and effectively as possible, with minimum impact to the environment.
- With us it is our drivers, our trucks, our processing plants and our insurance. You can imagine the insurance one must have when they own their own processing plants.
Independence, KY About
Independence is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is one of its county's two seats of government. The population was 24,757 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census, up from 14,000.
Independence, KY Resources
Independence, KY Interesting Information
Independence is located in Kenton County is bordered to the northwest by Elsmere, to the north by Erlanger and Covington, and to the northeast by Ryland Heights. The western border of Independence follows the Boone County line, and the city of Florence in Boone County borders the far northwestern end of Independence. The original center of Independence is in the southeast part of the city, along Madison Pike. Kentucky Route 17, a four-lane divided highway, passes just east of the city center, leading north 11 miles to downtown Covington and south 27 miles to Falmouth.
Independence, KY Medical Waste FAQ and Related Searches
Medical waste is healthcare trash that contains infectious or potentially infectious items. It can come from hospitals, medical clinics, veterinary offices, dental clinics, research facilities, or medical laboratories. It can contain blood or other bodily fluids, or it can appear benign, like gloves or gowns.
According to the Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988, it’s defined as any waste created during treatment, testing, immunization, research, or diagnosis of human beings and animals. Examples include sharps like scalpels or needles, tissue, fluids, glassware, swabs, culture dishes, or bandages.
- Expired vaccines
- Tissue from humans or animals
- Gowns, gloves, or gauze that may have blood on them
- Waste from rooms of patients with infectious diseases
- Needles, scalpels, and broken glass used in procedures
- Laboratory cultures, stocks, and contaminated culture paraphernalia
- Bedding from infected animals
The WHO identifies the 8 categories of medical waste as:
- Infectious waste
- Sharps waste
- Pathological waste
- Chemical waste
- Cytotoxic waste
- Pharmaceutical waste
- Radioactive waste
- Nonhazardous general waste
Those types cover all the potential varieties and sources of regulated and non-regulated healthcare waste.
You know hospitals and doctor’s offices create medical waste. But blood banks, dental clinics, and urgent care clinics create it too. Pharmacies, veterinary clinics, medical testing labs, research labs, nursing homes, hotels where patients stay, and funeral homes also create regulated waste.
Even an office building can generate biohazardous waste. Why? Because if someone gets a nosebleed at work and uses a tissue to stop it, they’ve created regulated waste. There was a hotel in Boston, next door to Mass General Hospital, was fined twice for medical waste violations from hotel guests.
Medical Waste Disposal
Medical waste, when improperly treated and disposed of, is potentially harmful to others and to the environment. Medical waste is generated in a number of ways but usually as a result of the treatment, immunization, or care of humans or animals. Due to treatment, waste is generated, and that waste could be potentially dangerous or […] Read More
Best Practices in the Medical Waste Disposal Industry
If your healthcare practice has medical waste, the law says it’s up to you to figure out how to best dispose of it. Making sure to exercise proper disposal is a choice that reflects positively on the environment as well as the integrity of your company. Follow these best practices to safely and efficiently dispose […] Read More
Medical Waste Generation
Healthcare Waste Management disposes of medical waste for many different types of facilities. From hospitals, to dentists, to funeral homes, we deal with different types of waste from a variety of sources. But just how much medical waste is there? And where is it coming from? As of 2013, there were approximately one million hospital […] Read More
The Obscurity of Medical Waste in America
When it comes to state and federal regulations, things are a bit hazy in labeling a substance as medical waste. In fact, different terms such as “hospital waste,” “biomedical waste,” and “infectious waste” consistently appear in state and federal laws and guidelines, yet there is currently no set test to determine when a solid waste […] Read More
History of the Medical Waste Tracking Act
Proper disposal of bio-medical waste is something Healthcare Waste Management takes very seriously, meeting and exceeding industry regulations and constantly working to make the process as safe and efficient as possible. Unfortunately not everybody does or has done the same. In 1988, Congress enacted the Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988, a United States federal […] Read More
Medical Waste Disposal Service Area
Healthcare Waste Management services the entire state of Kentucky including the following cities: Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Owensboro, Paducah, Covington, Richmond, Frankfort, London, Georgetown, Florence, Hopkinsville, Nicholasville, Somerset, Henderson, Independence, Jeffersontown, Winchester, Madisonville for medical waste and related services.
Reviews From Our Customers
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"You guys are great to work with, always helpful when I call or need help. Thank you"
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"Cheap & good medical waste removal company. The staff is great and the pick-up is always on time. Thank you!"