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Secure Waste is your leading partner for customized Regulated Waste Management solutions tailored to the needs of any patient care facility, regardless of size.

Affordable Regulated Waste Services

Whether you’re launching a new healthcare facility or are part of an established practice, Secure Waste is your essential partner in regulated waste management. We excel in regulated waste disposal and provide powerful sharps management solutions, guaranteeing safety and compliance throughout every step of the process.

The Preferred Choice of Healthcare Providers for Safe Regulated Medical Waste Management

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Comprehensive Solutions for Local Healthcare

For more than 25 years, Secure Waste Solutions has proudly stood as a reliable partner for healthcare providers all across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

Our mission is simple yet profound: to enhance the healthcare environment by safeguarding your organization, your patients, and our precious planet. With great enthusiasm, we offer a comprehensive suite of Secure Waste services tailored to meet the unique needs of your facility.

Comprehensive Medical Waste Management

Navigating the complex landscape of medical-regulated waste management is critical. Stringent regulations govern the collection, transport, and disposal of regulated medical waste (RMW), also known as biomedical or biohazardous waste. US law places this waste’s responsibility firmly in the generator’s hands—from disposal to final treatment. This cradle-to-grave accountability makes it crucial to select a management partner who fully embraces this responsibility, including bins, transport, and treatment.

What sets us apart from other RMW companies is our extensive operational, licensing, and compliance expertise. At Secure Waste Solutions, we focus on protecting healthcare facilities from safety risks while helping them meet their regulatory obligations seamlessly. We oversee every element of regulated medical waste disposal—from supplying bins to pickup, manifesting, and treatment—ensuring a smooth and efficient process.

Eliminating Red Bag Medical Waste

In the realm of medical waste disposal, the term “red bag waste” has become commonplace. However, we’re proud to champion a more effective and sustainable approach, as traditional bags are increasingly recognized as inadequate for biohazardous waste disposal. We’re dedicated to addressing concerns related to sustainability, safety, financial efficiency, and supply chain dynamics.

Sustainable treatment methods along with education on effective waste segregation techniques to significantly reduce medical waste volumes.

Safe, cost-effective, and clinically innovative

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At Secure Waste Solutions, we are fiercely committed to tackling the challenges posed by biohazardous waste within the healthcare sector. The disposal of regulated medical waste goes beyond mere compliance; it’s vital for safeguarding public health. Various sectors—including hospitals, medical offices, pharmacies, laboratories, and blood banks—produce waste that can contain bodily fluids and infectious materials. Effective waste management is crucial in curbing the spread of diseases, infections, and viruses.

 

Safety, Compliance and Affordable Secure Waste Management

Prioritizing safety and infection control is crucial for your healthcare facility or office; it goes beyond simple convenience. With Secure Waste Solutions, you can efficiently and safely handle multiple waste streams, even in the busiest settings, while having a dedicated partner by your side. From the very start, Secure Waste is committed to helping you manage your Regulated medical waste effectively, ensuring a safer environment for everyone.

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Medical Waste Disposal for Different Types of Waste

As an industry leader, Secure Waste understands the importance of compliantly managing the collection, transportation, treatment, and appropriate disposal of various types of waste as required by regulations in your area.

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Medical Sharps Waste

Sharps waste should be disposed of in a designated sharps container, including needles, scalpels, blades, and pipettes that have been in contact with blood, body fluids, or microorganisms. These containers can be placed alongside biohazardous waste or in red bag waste to minimize the risk of needlestick injuries and ensure the safety of employees.

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Pathological Waste

Pathological waste, including human and animal body parts, organs, tissues, and surgical specimens devoid of formaldehyde, formalin, or other preservatives, must be packaged separately in containers clearly labeled for incineration. We are ready to help you and your staff ensure the safe segregation, packaging, and disposal of your facility’s pathological waste. It’s essential to handle this waste responsibly.

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Chemotherapeutic Waste

Addressing chemotherapy waste is essential for ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff. This waste includes empty vials, syringes, needles, IV bags, and contaminated gloves. To protect health, it’s crucial to separate, package, and label this waste properly for disposal. By following regulations, we uphold safety standards and show our commitment to everyone’s well-being. Together, we can create a safer healthcare environment!

 
 
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Biohazard Waste

Medical waste generated from procedures, including any items saturated with human blood or other potentially infectious materials like bandages, gauze, and personal protective equipment (PPE), must be treated as regulated medical waste (RMW) or red bag waste. It is imperative that these items are disposed of properly in clearly marked hazardous waste disposal containers designated for biohazard pickup.

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Medical Waste Disposal Frequently Asked Questions

Biohazardous waste is any waste saturated with liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). Often, biohazardous waste is used interchangeably with such terms as regulated medical waste, biomedical waste, clinical waste, infectious waste and may vary in local or state regulations. Each of these waste streams is regulated and must be disposed of by specific means to mitigate their risk to environmental health and safety. Hazardous waste should not be mixed with biohazardous or medical waste, and each should be disposed of as separate streams. Hazardous waste should never be mixed with biohazardous or medical waste, and each should be disposed of as separate streams.
Biohazardous waste types include red bag waste, sharps waste, pathological waste and trace chemo therapy. For more information please see our What Is Regulated Medical Waste article.
While there are a variety of treatment methods for biohazardous waste the two most common methods are autoclaving and incineration. For more information, see our What Is Regulated Medical Waste article.

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