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Stericycle continually makes significant investments to bring our customers service and product innovations that help drive their healthcare missions. Our SafeShield Medical Waste Containers are equipped with Cupron®, a copper-based antimicrobial protectant.

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By combining two major waste streams in a reusable container, Stericycle’s SharpsRx Pro increases nursing efficiency, quality of patient care, and your sustainability achievements.

Protect customer, employee, and business information with one time clean-out or regularly scheduled information destruction.

Our Regulatory Affairs team under Environmental Health & Safety keeps up to date with regulatory changes and engages with federal, state, and local agencies as needed to help keep our customers informed and compliant.

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Over the years Stericycle has served our customers during times of significant outbreaks, epidemics and/or pandemics of contagious diseases in the United States. This includes the outbreaks in 2003 of SARS, 2009 of H1N1, 2014 of Ebola, and 2020 of COVID-19.

This fire extinguisher location sign is a requirement of AS2444:2001 and is required to identify the location of any fire extinguisher

Stericycle offers a wide variety of sharps collection and disposal options, ranging from reusable containers to mail back.

Step 1 - Segregation Step 2 - Packaging & Labeling Step 3 - Storage Step 4 - Pickup & Documentation Step 5 - Transportation Step 6 - Treatment & Disposal Step 7 - Records Retention

The sign must be mounted such that it is no less than 2 metres from the floor level or at a height that makes it the most apparent to a person of average height and visual acuity.

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While there are a variety of treatment methods for biohazardous waste the two most common methods are autoclaving and incineration. For more information, see our What Is Regulated Medical Waste article.

Chemotherapy wastes includes empty chemo drug vials, syringes and hypodermic needles, spill kits, IV tubing and bags, contaminated gloves and gowns, materials from spill cleanups, or bodily fluids/waste. This waste should be properly segregated, packaged, and labeled for safe pickup and disposal in accordance with federal, state and, local regulations to maintain radiation safety at healthcare facilities.

We manage all healthcare regulated waste streams, and offer related compliance support such as training and educational materials. Our network of localized team members across the country maintain a 97% on-time pickup rate.1

Biohazardous waste types include red bag waste, sharps waste, pathological waste and trace chemo therapy. For more information please see our What Is Regulated Medical Waste article.

Our Mystericycle.com Customer Portal includes access to Biohazardous Waste Segregation and Hazardous Materials trainings in addition to resources related to various federal and state-specific regulations. You can also access OSHA and HIPAA compliance tools and resources as part of our Steri-Safe Solutions.

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In 2023, Stericycle recycled 906 million pounds of paper, incinerated 55 million pounds of pharmaceutical waste, and helped our customers divert 101 million pounds of plastic from landfills by using reusable sharps and pharmaceutical waste containers rather than single-use containers.1

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Our Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) service provides 24/7 access to our Mystericycle.com Customer Portal where you can easily manage your pickup schedule, make payments, and access shipping documents and invoices.

Stericycle specializes in the end to end disposal of all wastes that may be described as regulated medical waste, biohazardous medical waste, and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) for facilities of all sizes.

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While there are a variety of treatment methods for biohazardous waste the two most common methods are autoclaving and incineration. For more information, see our What Is Regulated Medical Waste article.

Stericycle provides regulatory expertise throughout the RMW lifecycle, and partners with you to help manage the safe and responsible packaging, transportation, treatment, and medical waste disposal.

Medical waste generated from procedures including any items saturated with human blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM), such as bandages, gauze, or PPE, are considered RMW or red bag waste. They should be disposed of safely in marked hazardous waste disposal containers that are stored for biohazard pickup.

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Our pharmaceutical waste solutions are designed to help healthcare facilities efficiently and compliantly manage pharmaceutical waste.

Our operations with 97% on time service1 are designed to deliver convenience, with minimal intrusion into your busy schedule. With more than 396 locations and 5,200 Stericycle trucks, we can meet your business needs no matter where you are.

As an industry leader, Stericycle understands the importance of compliantly managing the collection, transportation, treatment, and appropriate disposal of various types of waste as required by regulations in your area.

We work with regulators, including the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to help ensure that Stericycle and its partners have the appropriate authority and guidance necessary to help our customers properly store, transport, treat and dispose of waste generated during the treatment of contagious diseases in these circumstances.

Biohazardous waste is any waste saturated with liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). Often, biohazardous waste is used interchangeably with such terms as regulated medical waste, biomedical waste, clinical waste, infectious waste and may vary in local or state regulations. Each of these waste streams is regulated and must be disposed of by specific means to mitigate their risk to environmental health and safety. Hazardous waste should not be mixed with biohazardous or medical waste, and each should be disposed of as separate streams. Hazardous waste should never be mixed with biohazardous or medical waste, and each should be disposed of as separate streams.

Sharps waste such as needles, scalpels, blades, and pipettes that have come in contact with blood, body fluids, or microorganisms should be disposed of in a designated disposable sharps container. This can be added to your biohazardous or red bag waste to reduce needlestick injuries and keep employees safe.

Biohazardous waste types include red bag waste, sharps waste, pathological waste and trace chemo therapy. For more information please see our What Is Regulated Medical Waste article.

With over 30 years of experience, we continue to serve facilities of all sizes; no matter how large or small and specialize in the compliant collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of medical waste.

This fire extinguisher location sign is a requirement of AS2444:2001 and is required to identify the location of any fire extinguisher.

Pathological waste such as human or animal body parts, organs, tissues, and surgical specimens (decanted of formaldehyde, formalin, or other preservatives) are packaged separately for pickup in containers marked for incineration only. We can help you and your staff safely segregate, package, and dispose of pathological waste generated from your facility.