Ah, California—the golden state. Land of sea, sunshine, and surfing. It would be a shame if all that natural beauty were contaminated by medical waste.

Audits are usually performed by independent auditors who examine, scrutinize, evaluate, and analyze your medical waste and current waste management system. 

A survey of 702 surgical trainees in 17 programs from 2007 reported that 99% had a needlestick injury by the end of training. Yet, 51% of the injuries were not reported to an employee health service.  

Throw, throw, throw your waste, safely and compliantly into the bin corresponding with the correct healthcare waste stream.

This blog was updated in September 2022