HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY

Veolia Environmental Services provides innovative solutions that improve medical, hospital and pharmaceutical waste disposal, recycling and regulatory compliance. Our expertise in safely handling, managing, tracking and disposing of hazardous materials makes us an ideal partner for the healthcare industry.

Veolia offers customizable services that can be tailored to your organization’s needs and can help you contain rising costs—from capital projects and program management to chemical cleaning and hazardous materials training for your staff. We evaluate your facility, existing systems and the contents of your formulary to develop action plans that are right for you. We take the time to understand your goals and find ways to help you meet them with greater efficiency.

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Compliance

Healthcare facilities that can be classified as Large Quantity Generator (LQG), based on the amount of waste they generate in one month, fall under the regulations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as well as state regulations.

Approximately five percent of commonly used pharmaceuticals are defined as hazardous waste under RCRA, including several chemotherapeutic agents, epinephrine and warfarin. Best practices and the “precautionary principle” — an approach to environmental practices that requires organizations to bear the burden of proving that an activity does not have adverse environmental consequences — dictate that other equally hazardous drugs be managed as though they were subject to regulation under RCRA. These include:

• Newer chemotherapy drugs
• Endocrine disruptors
• Drugs meeting National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) hazardous drug criteria

Veolia has the expertise to help healthcare providers navigate state and federal regulations. We can help you with all of the aspects of your operations that impact your regulatory compliance — from waste management and disposal to training your staff and tracking compliance certificates.