Medical waste
We provide professional and comprehensive services, including the collection of medical waste, its transport and disposal in a waste incinerator, in accordance with applicable legal regulations and the supply of specialist packaging for the segregation of medical waste.
In our business, we combine reliability and honesty, but we also place great emphasis on affordable prices, which makes us a proven and competitive partner in medical waste management.
In the scope of collection, transport and disposal of medical waste, we serve, among others:
- Health care facilities,
- Hospitals,
- Dental offices,
- Medical clinics,
- Beauty salons,
- Tattoo studios,
- Laboratories,
- Private medical offices,
- Social Welfare Homes,
- Pharmacies,
- Pharmaceutical plants and wholesalers.
We approach each Client individually, thanks to which our offer is tailored to the needs of our Partners and comprehensive in its scope.
Cooperation with our company guarantees: safety and performance of the service in the interests of environmental protection, support and commitment from the company's employees and optimization of our Clients' costs.
Types and codes of medical waste:
18 01 01 - Surgical and procedural instruments and their remains (excluding 18 01 03).
18 01 02* - Body parts and organs and blood containers and preservatives used for its storage (excluding 18 01 03).
18 01 03* - Other wastes that contain live pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins and other forms capable of transferring genetic material that are known or reliably suspected to cause disease in humans or animals (e.g. infected nappies, sanitary napkins, underpads), excluding 18 01 80 and 18 01 82.
18 01 04 - Other wastes than those mentioned in 18 01 03 (e.g. cloth or plaster dressings, bed linen, disposable clothing, nappies).
18 01 06* - Chemicals, including reagents, containing dangerous substances.
18 01 07 - Chemicals, including reagents, other than those mentioned in 18 01 06.
18 01 08* - Cytotoxic and cytostatic drugs.
18 01 09 - Medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08.
18 01 10* - Dental amalgam waste.
18 01 80* - Used peloids from procedures performed within the framework of medical activities with infectious properties.
18 01 81 - Used peloids from procedures performed within the framework of medical activities, other than those mentioned in 18 01 80.
18 01 82* - Residues from feeding patients in infectious diseases wards.
Storage of medical waste:
- suitably adapted room - requirements in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 30.07.2010 on detailed handling of medical waste,
- stationary cooling device - requirements in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 30.07.2010 on detailed handling of medical waste.
18 01 03*, 18 01 06*, 18 01 08*, 18 01 10*, 18 01 82* - storage at a temperature of 10 °C to 18 °C may take place for as long as their properties allow, but no longer than 72 hours, while at a temperature of up to 10 °C - no longer than 30 days.
18 01 02* - storage may only take place at a temperature of up to 10 °C, and their storage time may not exceed 72 hours.
18 01 01, 18 01 04, 18 01 07, 18 01 09 - may be stored as long as their properties allow, but no longer than 30 days.
Packaging method:
18 01 02*, 18 01 03* 18 01 82* - the medical waste referred to, except for waste with sharp ends and edges, is collected in single-use bags made of polyethylene foil, red, durable, resistant to moisture and chemicals, with the possibility of single closure. Medical waste with sharp ends and edges is collected at the place of its generation in single-use, rigid, moisture-resistant, mechanically resistant to puncture or cutting containers. Containers or bags are filled to a maximum of 2/3 of their volume in a way that allows them to be safely closed.
18 01 06*, 18 01 08*, 18 01 10* - the medical waste referred to, except for waste with sharp ends and edges, is collected in single-use bags made of polyethylene foil, yellow, durable, resistant to moisture and chemicals, with the possibility of single closure.
18 01 01, 18 01 04, 18 01 07, 18 01 09 - the medical waste referred to, except for waste with sharp ends and edges, is collected in single-use bags, in a colour other than red or yellow, durable, resistant to moisture and chemicals, with the possibility of single-use closure.
Single-use containers and bags should have visible markings containing information such as the code of the waste stored in them, place of origin of the waste, date of closure.
