Medical Waste Disposal Reading, PA

More than one company serves Reading. MedPro Disposal has served healthcare facilities since 2009, is a BBB A+ rated business, and is rated 4.5 out of 5 across 882 Google reviews. We collect medical waste, sharps and pharmaceutical waste across Pennsylvania. Ask for a quote and we will confirm service at your address.

Start by asking each Reading company what Pennsylvania requires of a medical waste hauler; Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Waste Management can tell you what applies. Then compare where the waste is treated, whether you receive records for every pickup, how pickups are scheduled, and what the contract says about its length and about price increases.

Any Reading facility that treats patients or handles blood, sharps or pharmaceuticals does. In federal Medicare and HRSA records, Reading has 3 hospitals, 3 nursing homes and 6 health center sites. The national provider registry also lists 28 physician offices with a lab certificate, 74 dentists and 50 pharmacies. Private practices, dental offices, veterinary clinics and laboratories generate it too, though not all of them appear in those records.

The cost depends on how much waste your Reading practice makes, your containers, how often you need pickups and how we get into your building, so we quote each facility individually. MedPro customers save an average of 30%.

A healthcare facility in Reading 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 Pennsylvania’s rules, where it is regulated as regulated medical waste. Household sharps and medicines follow separate local rules, so check with your local health department in Berks County.

Pennsylvania classifies medical waste as regulated medical waste (25 Pa. Code § 271.1 (“Infectious waste”, “Regulated medical waste”, “Chemotherapeutic waste”)). Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Waste Management is one of the agencies that enforces the rules. Federal OSHA oversees workplace safety for private employers in Pennsylvania. Your Reading facility may also have county or city requirements to confirm.

Not from a healthcare facility. OSHA’s bloodborne pathogens standard requires contaminated sharps to go into closable, puncture-resistant, leakproof, labeled or color-coded containers, which are then collected for treatment. Household sharps follow local rules, so check Pennsylvania’s household sharps guidance in Berks 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.

We list 6 Reading ZIP codes: 19601, 19602, 19603, 19604, 19611, and 19612. Service is confirmed address by address when you request a quote.

Our Reading-area service reaches Wyomissing (2.4 mi), Shillington (3.3 mi), Blandon (7.6 mi), Birdsboro (8.2 mi), Kutztown (14.8 mi), and Pottstown (16.1 mi), and the rest of Pennsylvania beyond them. We confirm each address when you request a quote.

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