Medical Waste Disposal Huntsville, AL

MedPro Disposal helps healthcare providers in Huntsville, AL save an average of 30% on their medical waste disposal.

Huntsville, Alabama Medical Waste Disposal Services

MedPro Disposal offers medical waste disposal, infectious sharps waste management, OSHA compliance training including bloodborne pathogens training and certification, and HIPAA-compliance document shredding and data destruction services. MedPro Disposal keeps your practice safe and compliant so you can focus on what matters most, your patients.

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OSHA & HIPAA COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION

MedPro Disposal is dedicated to helping educate you and your staff on ways to make compliance a simple and hassle-free part of your life.

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Industries We Service

Hospitals

MedPro Disposal serves hospitals with their medical waste management needs, making it easy for to focus on caring for their patients.

PHYSICIAN PRACTICES

MedPro Disposal ensures that the physician practices it serves are safe and clear of medical waste.

DENTAL PRACTICES

MedPro Disposal is here to assist dental practices with all medical waste management needs.

Managing a funeral home can be difficult, but waste management doesn’t have to be. MedPro Disposal can help with all of your biohazardous waste management needs.

MedPro Disposal provides excellent biohazardous waste management in long-term care clinics to keep these spaces clean and safe for all.

MedPro Disposal ensures that emergency care clinics have a clean environment in order to best care for those in urgent need.

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NURSING HOMES

MedPro Disposal serves nursing homes to keep loved ones safe and in a medical waste-free environment.

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Contact MedPro Disposal for a fast, free medical waste removal quote. We’ll get to know you, discuss your needs, and settle on a number. You may be surprised at how much you can save on medical waste disposal with MedPro Disposal.

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Work with MedPro Disposal to determine your first pickup date. We’ll confirm your office hours and provide convenient options for medical waste and sharps pickup.

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Compliance Survey

Complete a compliance survey. After we get to know your requirements, we’ll send you a survey to identify any areas that need to be brought up to OSHA standards.

All three steps occur at no additional cost to your practice. You’re on your way to safe, affordable, compliant medical waste removal!

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Huntsville, AL

Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the State of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville’s population was 180,105 as of the 2010 census. The Huntsville Metropolitan Area’s population was 417,593. Huntsville is the fourth-largest city in Alabama and the largest city in the five-county Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, which at the 2013 census estimate had a total population of 683,871.

Practice TypeZip CodeProjected Annual Savings
Women’s Health35081$1,380
Pediatrics35801$8,560
General Practice53801$9,036

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Medical Waste Disposal Huntsville, AL

Huntsville is steeped in history and in 2010 was added to the list of “America’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Following the end of the Civil War the city became a prominent area for agriculture and in particular the production of butter and cotton. Huntsville became a center for cotton textile mills which carried on over to the following century and throughout the Great Depression of the 1930s. Following the Second World War in 1945, the munitions facilities that had sprung up during wartime were no longer needed. Gradually the facilities became plants for the Army’s rocket and missile development. Throughout the 50s and 60s, Huntsville saw many major US space missions, the most famous of which was the development of the Saturn boosters, used by NASA in the Apollo Lunar Landing Program. The city became synonymous with space exploration and was affectionately dubbed “The Rocket City”.

More recently the city has become well known for its medical and biotechnology industry. There are more than 25 biotechnology companies in Huntsville focusing research and development on areas such as infectious disease diagnostics, immune responses to disease and cancer, protein crystallization, and agricultural technologies. There are also a number of non-profit organizations such as the HudsonAlpha Institute contributing clinical research in the areas of genomics and genetics. The city is also home to two major regional hospitals: Huntsville Hospital System and the Crestwood Medical Center. As a large hub for clinical research, Huntsville realizes now more than ever the importance of proper medical waste disposal in ensuring the safety of its citizens and surrounding environment.

Planning Your Medical Waste Disposal in Huntsville

Alabama does not have its own medical waste disposal program and is one of the 26 states that are covered entirely by the federal OSHA program. In Huntsville the medical waste program is managed by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and is defined as a solid waste that “because of its infectious characteristics may either cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a substantial present hazard or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed, or otherwise managed”. In practice this will include wastes that are generated in the delivery of daily healthcare such as:

  • Cultures and stocks of infectious agents generated in medical pathology and clinical research.
  • Human blood – this may include items dripping with blood as well as products on which blood has caked and dried upon.
  • Sharps waste, such as used hypodermic needles, scalpel blades, syringes, etc.

It is important to note that medical waste is not the same as hazardous waste, which must be treated differently. If infectious waste has been treated and had its infectious element removed, it is no longer defined as medical waste.

All healthcare facilities, whether hospitals, veterinary surgeries or nursing homes are required to submit a written medical waste plan before they can commence generation, transportation or treatment activity. The plan must specify the types of medical waste that will be generated, how the waste will be segregated and labeled, whether waste will be treated “on-site” or “off-site” and any transportation arrangements. The plan must be kept up-to-date as necessary and include mandatory employee training. Huntsville biohazard waste disposal companies can help you formulate your facility’s medical waste plan and provide OSHA compliance training to your employees.

Prescribing a Solution

While medical waste is present at your facility, it is your responsibility to contain and store it appropriately. Medical waste must be packaged in containers that have either a red background color or use red lettering with a contrasting background color. They must be clearly labeled with the words “Infectious” or “Medical Waste” or “Biohazardous” and contain the International Biological Hazard Symbol. Sharps must be placed directly into leak proof, rigid, puncture-resistant containers and sealed to prevent loss of contents under normal handling. Containers must be handled in a manner that does not affect the integrity of containment and must be stored in a way that affords protection from animals and the outside environment. Healthcare facilities must not store their medical waste for long than seven days from the date initial storage begins unless waste is refrigerated at a temperature less than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. This does not apply to small quantity generators (less than 220 pounds per month of medical waste).

Healthcare facilities are permitted to treat their medical waste on-site in the “Star of Alabama”. They must use incinerators and, in some circumstances, steam sterilizers to treat the waste. The high temperatures destroy the harmful bacteria and remove the infectious potential of the waste. Treating waste on-site is expensive, requires investment in infrastructure and brings its own additional challenges. Incinerators must comply with the regulations regarding air pollution control and correct treatment certification must be provided to the solid waste transporter on a per load basis. Most facilities choose to remove this burden by utilizing the services of a medical waste disposal company who will collect infectious treatment and transport it away for treatment off-site.

MedPro Disposal Programs Are Tailored For You

MedPro Disposal is becoming the company of choice for medical waste disposal in Huntsville and we pride ourselves on our customer service and customer loyalty. We offer a customized and flexible pick-up schedule and adapt our service around your needs. We are affordable and reliable and will never sign you up to a service that you do not need. Our methods are environmentally friendly and we also offer a mail-back service for facilities generating smaller quantities of waste.

No matter what your company’s needs are MedPro Disposal is here to listen ready to deliver. Our teams of disposal experts are a phone call away and will put together a medical waste management program that is tailored for you. We can provide your employees OSHA training that will keep them safe as they go about their business. For a low-cost alternative of medical waste disposal, contact MedPro Disposal in Huntsville, AL today.

Huntsville, AL Local Resources

Division of Natural Resources

Division of Natural Resources

320 Fountain Circle Huntsville, AL 35801

256-427-5750

City of Huntsville

City of Huntsville

308 Fountain Circle Huntsville, AL 35801

256-535-2489

Health Department, Huntsville-Madison County

Health Department, Huntsville-Madison County

301 Max Luther Dr NW Huntsville, AL 35811

256-539-3711

Supply and Other Resources for Huntsville

Huntsville Public Works Department

Huntsville Public Works Department

P.O. Box 308 Huntsville, AL 35804

256-883-3944

Office Depot

Office Depot

2306 SOUTH MEMORIAL PKWY Huntsville, AL 35801

256-534-9239

Angel’s Island Coffee

Angel’s Island Coffee

7538 Memorial Parkway Southwest Huntsville, AL 35802

256-319-3424

Huntsville Little-Known Facts

The first settlers of the area were Muscogee-speaking people. The Chickasaw traditionally claim to have settled around 1300 after coming east across the Mississippi. A combination of factors, including depopulation due to disease, land disputes between the Choctaw and Cherokee, and pressures from the United States government had largely depopulated the area prior to Revolutionary War veteran John Hunt’s arrival and settlement in the land around the Big Spring in 1805.

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Why Choose MedPro Disposal for Medical Waste & Sharps Container Disposal in Maine?

Safe, affordable, fully insured medical waste management.

Reliable disposal service from an experienced provider.

Custom waste pickup and disposal solutions

OSHA, HIPAA, DOT, and other compliance training.

Methods of Huntsville Medical Waste Disposal

On-site Medical Waste Collection

Package medical waste on-site, then leave it for collection by a medical waste disposal company.

Mailback Waste Disposal

Properly package and label the sharps, then send the biohazardous waste safely through the mail for disposal.

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