NEW MEXICO MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES AND OSHA COMPLIANCE TRAINING
New Mexico Medical Services Offered
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OUR NEW MEXICO SERVICE AREAS
MediWaste offers full-service medical waste management services throughout the entire state of New Mexico, including but not limited to: Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Las Cruces and Los Lunas.
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New Mexico EPA State Definitions
Classifications of Waste
Infectious waste is considered a “special waste,” that has unique handling, transportation, or disposal requirements to assure protection of the environment and the public health, welfare and safety. Infectious waste means a limited class of substances that carry a probable risk of transmitting disease to humans.
Types of Wastes
- Microbiological laboratory wastes
- Pathological wastes
- Contaminated disposable equipment, instruments and utensils
- Human blood and blood products
- Used sharps
- Contaminated animal carcasses, body parts and bedding, especially those intentionally exposed to pathogens in research.
Storage Requirements
No person who stores special waste shall store the waste for longer than 90 days from the date the waste is placed in storage awaiting transportation, processing or final disposal unless otherwise approved by the department, except no person other than the generator shall store infectious waste for over seven days without refrigeration or at below 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
New Mexico State Resources
Environment Department
Public Health Office
Medical Society
New Mexico Healthcare Environmental Resource Center
This site provides pollution prevention and compliance assistance information for the healthcare sector. It is intended to be a comprehensive resource, covering all the varieties of hospital wastes, and all the rules that apply to them, including both federal regulations and the specific rules that apply in your state.
Click here to visit the New Mexico Healthcare Evironmental Resource Center
New Mexico Online Osha Compliance Program
MediWaste offers online OSHA Compliance training focusing on New Mexico State OSHA guidelines.
We understand the importance of saving you money without sacrificing service. MediWaste Disposal will be your partner in your medical waste management program by being a low-cost provider of medical waste disposal and OSHA training services.
