Medical Waste Disposal Hammond, IN

Hammond is a city in Lake County. The town grew into a city and was incorporated on April 21 st , 1884. The city was named after the owner of a large slaughterhouse, which was the first industry to locate in the area, George Hammond. Hammond was the first industrial city within Lake County, dating back to when George Hammond began packing beef in ice-filled railroad cars for shipment to the East. The city’s close proximity to Lake Michigan and Chicago had greatly enhanced it development and industrial growth.

The city would soon encounter a tremendous growth following its incorporation. Peaking during the year of 1960, when the population census was at 111,698. Modern day Hammond still remains as an industrial center with a thriving community. Some examples of industries that call Hammond home are soap, processed food, steel, railroad equipment, steel, chemicals, and printed materials. The residents of Hammond are very lucky to have theses employers just a drive away from their homes.

The hospitals and small clinics in Hammond, Indiana give the residents top-tier healthcare. Some of the healthcare providers that residents can visit in Hammond are Franciscan St. Margaret Health, Intensive Hospital of Northwest Indiana, and Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers. These facilities produce an enormous amount of medical waste daily. The medical waste that is produced has effected each facility greatly, financially and potentially physically.

MedPro Disposal has the solution for Hammond Healthcare facilities. There are a long list of the advantages when choosing MedPro Disposal to handle your medical waste. From eliminating surprise charges to reducing risk with our convenient and comprehensive compliance training services, we are your solution. The cost-effective solutions that we offer include: medical waste disposal, OSHA compliance training, and pharmaceutical mail back.

When the medical waste, produced in Hammond, is picked up for disposal there are 2 routes it can take for the disposal process. It can ether go to one of our incineration facilities, or it can go to an autoclave. Incineration is a simpler process, which ends up with burning the waste according to EPA regulations. Autoclave is more advanced and involves the waste being inserted into a large, stainless steel cylinder. Intense heat and steam is then pumped into the autoclave, and the waste is sterilized that way. Once free of possible toxic material, the waste is taken out of the autoclave and shredded into a fine texture and disposed of in a designated landfill.

Another popular program that highly suggest that your employees is MedPro Disposal’s OSHA compliance training. It is essential that your employees have the knowledge needed to handle hazardous waste material, this training will ensure of that. Don’t worry about having to pay your employees to waste a day traveling to a third party consultant to learn this valuable information, all of MedPro Disposal’s training is done online. To ensure that information is being retained, multiple choice questions are asked after every section of the course. Certificates are awarded upon completion of the course and can be easily accessed online for filing purposes.

Along with medical waste disposal and OSHA compliance training, MedPro Disposal also offers a unique pharmaceutical disposal program as well. This program is aimed at the safe disposal of all unused or unwanted medications, while also being hassle free for your practice. Along with the 2.5 gallon OTC/Rx bucket, you will also receive a prepaid UPS return label. Once the bucket has been filled, simply attach the return label and send it through mail for us to dispose of. Rather than charging your practice monthly bills for using our buckets, it is a one-time charge. Thus, giving you the ability to take 1 week or 1 year to fill up your bucket.

Medical cost care constantly rising, and facilities are constantly looking for new ways to save money and have reliable service. Over and over again, practices are turning to MedPro Disposal for the solution. On average, we see that our customers save anywhere from 20-40% and don’t have to compromise for anything but reliable service.