Medical Waste Disposal Tallahassee, FL

You have several options in Tallahassee, and MedPro Disposal is among them. We have served healthcare facilities since 2009, hold a BBB A+ rating, and are rated 4.5 out of 5 across 882 Google reviews. Our pickups cover medical waste, sharps and pharmaceutical waste throughout Florida. Service is confirmed at your address when you request a quote.

Compare Tallahassee companies on the same points: whether they meet the requirements Florida sets for hauling medical waste, where the waste is treated, the records you receive after each pickup, the pickup schedule, and the contract’s length and price-change terms. Florida Department of Health, Biomedical Waste Program is a good place to confirm the state’s requirements.

Any Tallahassee facility that treats patients or handles blood, sharps or pharmaceuticals does. In federal Medicare and HRSA records, Tallahassee has 3 hospitals, 8 nursing homes, 7 dialysis centers, 8 surgery centers and 12 health center sites. The national provider registry also lists 117 physician offices with a lab certificate, 181 dentists and 81 pharmacies. Private practices, dental offices, veterinary clinics and laboratories generate it too, though not all of them appear in those records.

A Tallahassee practice’s cost comes down to its waste, its containers, its pickup schedule and its building access, which is why we quote each one separately. On average, MedPro customers save 30%. MedPro quotes in Tallahassee ZIP codes have projected annual savings of $960 for an allergist, $5,964 for a gynecology, and $5,981 for an ophthalmologists.

A healthcare facility in Tallahassee generally cannot put regulated medical waste in the regular trash or take it to a public collection site. It is packaged, labeled and collected by a company that handles it under Florida’s rules, where it is regulated as biomedical waste. Household sharps and medicines follow separate local rules, so check with your local health department in Leon County.

Florida classifies medical waste as biomedical waste (§381.0098(2), F.S.; Rules 64E-16.001(2), 64E-16.002(2), (4), F.A.C.). Florida Department of Health, Biomedical Waste Program is one of the agencies that enforces the rules. Federal OSHA oversees workplace safety for private employers in Florida. Your Tallahassee facility may also have county or city requirements to confirm.

A Tallahassee practice should not. Contaminated needles and blades belong in puncture-resistant, leakproof, labeled or color-coded sharps containers under OSHA’s bloodborne pathogens standard, and the full containers are collected for treatment. Sharps from home use are handled differently, so check your local household rules in Leon County.

Yes, we offer both online with certification. OSHA requires employers whose staff may be exposed to blood or other infectious material to train them at hire and at least yearly, and HIPAA requires covered practices to train their workforce on patient privacy.

Tallahassee has 17 ZIP codes: 32301, 32302, 32303, 32304, 32306, 32307, 32308, 32309, 32311, 32312, 32313, 32314, and 5 more. We confirm service at your address when you ask for a quote.

Close to Tallahassee we serve Quincy (21.2 mi), along with the rest of Florida. Service is confirmed at your address when you ask for a quote.

Start with the quote form on this page or call (888) 641-6131. We will need your Tallahassee ZIP code, what kind of practice you run, the waste you produce and how much, and whether you are switching providers.