New Normal | A New Clinical Standard
Would you put a Cardboard Box of waste in your Bedroom?
The answer is a resounding no. For many reasons, but a few come to mind:
- Aesthetically, it is simply not “feng shui“
- A wide disposal opening without any closure mechanism makes unsightly waste contents far too visible
- Predisposition to leakage could contaminate the surrounding livable area and make “one heck of a mess!“
- The process of assembly, closure and relocation is time-wasting and unsafe
- A disposable containment solution is negatively impacting the environment?
- It is unclean, unsanitized and unhygienic!
But let’s not forget… all of these objections are for a domestic setting where there are no critically ill patients! Transposing this situation into a clinical environment, how did US Healthcare ever render it acceptable to have medical waste collected in a cardboard box in a clinical setting, where the risks are far greater than domestic environments, and hospital acquired infections account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths each year in the United States. The lack of infection control products and processes in the healthcare waste industry amplifies infection risks to healthcare workers in what should be the “cleanest”, most “hygienic” and “contamination free” place on earth – a patient-care and healing environment.
At Daniels, we look at waste management clinically
Delivering an infection-control-based approach to Healthcare Waste Management
Daniels presents a dramatic shift from traditional medical waste companies by operating within the four walls of a healthcare facility. We know healthcare, and our approach reflects a clinical focus on eliminating infection transfer risk, minimizing patient interruptions, increasing efficiency and ensuring staff and patient safety. Daniels’ diverse and flexible offering caters for small independent diagnostic and treatment centers right through to long term care, research centers, laboratories and multi-campus hospitals. With our own trucks, treatment, simple contracts and transparent pricing we have turned medical waste management on its head in North America, creating a service model that aligns with the clinical needs of healthcare.
The New Clinical Standard that Daniels delivers…
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Eliminating multiple touches of waste
No bag tying, no box assembly, no decanting or consolidation of waste from patient-room bins. Our solutions dramatically reduce the number of touches of waste throughout a healthcare facility.
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Elimination of Plastic bags
Reusable waste containers eliminate plastic bags, cardboard boxes, and the infection transfer risks associated with tying and assembly. It’s a risk and environmental no-brainer!
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Reduced Patient Interruptions
Providing mobile medical waste disposal solutions that enable sharps and medical waste segregation at the patient bedside, eliminates cleaners and EVS staff interrupting patients to exchange bins.
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Clinically designed waste containers
Designed with clinicians to achieve the highest standard of functionality, safety, and cleanliness, all waste containers are designed with inbuilt safety locks, overfill protection, and hands-free use.
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Minimized Infection Transmission
Hands-free Containers that are robotically cleaned after each fill, no bags to tie, no double-packaging, no duplicate handling. Daniels solutions minimize surface touch and cross-contamination.
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Reduction in Needlestick Injuries
Daniels’ industry-leading Sharpsmart sharps container has proven to reduce needlestick injuries by up to 87% with superior inbuilt safety features, overfill protection, and restricted hand access.
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Clinically Educated Staff
Our services are supported within the four walls of healthcare with a robust and intuitive education program that drives safe clinical disposal, effective waste segregation, and reduced costs.
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Robotic Container Sanitization
Our robotic washing process achieves a bacterial load reduction 4 times the level required by the CDC, each container is robotic washed after every fill, reducing infection transfer risk.
Medical Waste Management’s Surprising Role in Infection Control
Did you know that medical waste is often touched more than four times as it makes its way through a hospital? Explore how the flow of waste can impact infection control and what you can do to reduce risk by eliminating manual “touches” to your waste.
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