Washington Medical Waste Disposal Services
Daniels Health is the leading expert in compliance, clinical containment and environmentally responsible waste management services. Transparent pricing, customized scheduling, immediate cost reduction.
Medical & Biohazardous Waste Disposal in Washington
30+ years of managing healthcare waste has made us an expert in this space. 
Daniels Health is one of the most established medical waste management companies in North America; with the second largest service footprint and infrastructure, world-leading containment solutions for all waste streams including:
- Sharps Waste
- RCRA / Hazardous Waste
- Chemotherapy Waste
- Pharmaceutical Waste
- Surgical Device Recovery
Our team of qualified experts trained to drive clinical outcomes in healthcare waste management – we know a thing or two about doing things differently! Total healthcare waste management for Washington healthcare facilities executed in a way that protects our customers’ brand, delivers the highest standards of local service, and provides an exceptional partnership.
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Washington Medical Waste Regulations
While these innovations are taking place, there is a need for by-products such as infectious waste to be managed accordingly.
Washington has a very specific approach to the management of these waste streams. There are 39 counties in the state, each of them with their own Department of Health to dictate these requirements in addition to the regulations set by the Washington Department of Ecology and OSHA. In Washington medical waste or any waste with the potential to be infectious is referred to as “biomedical waste.” There is also reference to “communicable disease waste” otherwise known as “biosafety level 4 disease waste,” a category specific to Washington that many other states haven’t explicitly outlined in their regulations. Additionally, in Washington some medical wastes are considered to be hazardous and biomedical. An example of this could be a partially administered IV bag, still containing a P or U listed chemotherapy drug. Under Washington regulations this is both infectious and hazardous. Lastly, Washington’s medical waste regulations require all clinical waste generators to segregate and treat their waste prior to disposal. Any generators who treat on-site are required to obtain a permit from the health department.
WASHINGTON BIOMEDICAL WASTE SEGREGATION GUIDELINES
Biohazardous Waste Management Made Simple
Let Daniels Health run a “Waste Audit” for your facility. We want to partner with you to drive sustainable and compliant results in your biomedical waste disposal.
How does the Daniels waste audit process work?
The medical waste audit begins by defining waste streams. Once a biohazardous waste stream is identified, the containers in a designated area of your facility will be “tagged” so they are easily recognized when they arrive at our facility. Each container is tracked to a location by barcode and containers are weighed upon disembarkation. Container contents are analyzed and photographed to indicate proper and improper segregation by waste stream, and trend-like exceptions are noted against each location for corrective action.
Using waste audits to improve your waste segregation potential
We implement solutions using the results of the audit to provide an in-depth insight into your facility’s waste segregation behaviors. Based on your audit, the Daniels team can facilitate a plan that includes training to educate staff on proper segregation and correct hazardous waste disposal methods to minimize compliance risks.
Segregation saves
When your facility is equipped with the correct segregation solutions and education, especially around heavily regulated waste streams such as sharps, RMW and RCRA waste, not only do you immediately reduce your risk of staff injury and hefty fines for non-compliance, you cut costs by only paying for the waste disposal required, while lessening your environmental footprint.
Daniels Health understands the needs of healthcare facilities in Washington. Contact us and see how we can help your facility better manage your medical and biohazardous waste disposal.
Your brand is worth protecting
Medical waste solutions designed to protect healthcare, meet the highest standard of compliance and drive clinical outcomes.
At Daniels, we protect our customers interests and our own compliance investment by doing everything ourselves – our trucks, our drivers, our clean processing and treatment plants and our permits. We don’t use outside contractors or middle men that could compromise the quality of service and reliability that Daniels is renowned for, or require further steps between medical waste collection and disposal that impose additional costs. Our partnership spans the full service spectrum of safe and responsible healthcare waste management.
Safety Designed Medical Waste Systems
When a cardboard box for medical waste just won’t cut it in a beautiful patient environment!
When we sought out to change the way medical waste was managed in the United States, we started with‘would we place a cardboard box full of waste in our home environment’.The answer was no, so why would this be acceptable for a patient room? Across all 50 states, Daniels provides the safest, most secure, and most clinically advanced sharps, pharmaceuticaland medical waste containersfor healthcare facilities, combatting issues commonly associated with medical waste disposal including medications theft from pharmaceutical containers, leaking, needlestickinjuries and cross contamination.
Dramatically reduced infection transfer risk
Using a foot-pedal opening mechanism and bagless system means hand contact with the container is no longer required.
This no-touch alternative results in a dramatic reduction in the infection transfer risk that currently exists using standard medical waste containers.The Medismart reusable system ensures that once full, each container is removed from your premises, emptied, and then subjected to a rigorous 6-stage robotic wash and sanitization process that eliminates challenge organisms andproves a 106 Log reduction inbacterial load.
Cradle to Grave Waste Management
Our Drivers, Our Trucks, Our Treatment. Our Responsibility
Unlike other waste management service providers, we protect the process from generation to disposal, assumingfull responsibility for the security of your waste. As the waste generator is responsible for waste produced UNTIL such time as it is disposed of, having a medical waste partner that assumes full responsibility of the medical waste pickup, transport, treatment and disposal is critical. To ensure your risk is minimized, it is our drivers, our trucks and our processing facilitiesthat manageyour waste – no third parties involved!
How We Serve You
Across 6 countries, Daniels has become a brand name synonymous with healthcare innovation and service
In 38years Daniels have become experts in delivering solutions for the niche requirements of healthcare. Today over 125,000 services are fulfilled annually across the United States by Daniels owned and operated fleet. From small practices to large medical facilities, our scalable business model ensures that every customer receives:
- Timely scheduled services with clear transparent communication
- Minimum disruption to patient care
- Safety and Security underpinning all biohazardous waste handling practices
- A positive and friendly customer experience
- Cost-effective customized solutions that guarantee efficiencies and maximize savings
Let’s Talk about Washington
Named after George Washington, the “Evergreen State” is the birthplace of major corporations such as Costco, Starbucks, Amazon and Boeing, today it’s home to the headquarters of Microsoft, Nintendo and T-Mobile.
There is more to Washington than its multinational juggernauts. Away from the bustling business hubs of the state’s capital Olympia and cities like Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Vancouver, is a world of natural wonders. Littered through Puget Sound are the San Juan Islands, mostly accessible by ferry, each island is an eclectic mix of parks, galleries and amazing seafood restaurants. You many also spot a marine local on your travels – the orca whale. Back on land, a trip to Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument is perfect for climbing and hiking. Mount Rainier, also known as Mount Tacoma is part of the Cascade Mountains, just south of Seattle and makes the ideal scenic drive.
Olympic National Park encompasses the Hoh Rain Forest, coastal beaches and snow capped mountains. Here you can see the giant confers hugged by green moss, experience the wildflowers at Hurricane Ridge or take a soak in the Sol Duc Hot Springs. Washington has a strong economic footprint, generated from a number of key industries including aerospace, agriculture and life science/global health, which is anchored by leading institutions such as the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In addition to this it houses one of the largest biotech clusters in the US.
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