Medical Waste Disposal Mount Pleasant, SC

You have several options in Mount Pleasant, 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 South Carolina. Service is confirmed at your address when you request a quote.

Start by asking each Mount Pleasant company what South Carolina requires of a medical waste hauler; SC Department of Environmental Services (SCDES), Bureau of Land and Waste Management, Infectious Waste Program 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 Mount Pleasant facility that treats patients or handles blood, sharps or pharmaceuticals does. In federal Medicare and HRSA records, Mount Pleasant has 2 hospitals, 3 nursing homes, 3 dialysis centers and 3 surgery centers. The national provider registry also lists 79 physician offices with a lab certificate, 114 dentists and 47 pharmacies. Private practices, dental offices, veterinary clinics and laboratories generate it too, though not all of them appear in those records.

There is no single rate for Mount Pleasant: price follows your waste volume, container sizes, pickup schedule and building access. MedPro customers save an average of 30% over their previous hauler. Ask for a free, no-obligation quote based on your own facility.

A healthcare facility in Mount Pleasant 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 South Carolina’s rules, where it is regulated as infectious waste. Household sharps and medicines follow separate local rules, so check with your local health department in Charleston County.

South Carolina regulates medical waste as infectious waste. The main rules are cited as S.C. Code Regs. R.61-105 E; S.C. Code §44-93-20(A). SC Department of Environmental Services (SCDES), Bureau of Land and Waste Management, Infectious Waste Program is one of the agencies that oversees them. SC OSHA, SC Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Division of Occupational Safety and Health oversees workplace safety rules in South Carolina. Requirements can differ by waste type and by county or city, so confirm what applies to your Mount Pleasant facility.

No, not for a healthcare facility. Sharps go into a puncture-resistant, closable, labeled or color-coded container, replaced before it overfills, and then into a collection program. Personal sharps from home have their own local options in South Carolina.

MedPro Disposal provides online OSHA bloodborne pathogens and HIPAA training with certification to Mount Pleasant practices. OSHA requires the bloodborne pathogens training when someone is hired and at least annually after that.

We list 3 Mount Pleasant ZIP codes: 29464, 29465, and 29466. Service is confirmed address by address when you request a quote.

Close to Mount Pleasant we serve Charleston (8.3 mi), James Island (10.5 mi), Hanahan (11.5 mi), Goose Creek (14.1 mi), North Charleston (14.7 mi), and Ladson (19.5 mi), along with the rest of South Carolina. Service is confirmed at your address when you ask for a quote.

Call (888) 641-6131 or fill in the form above. A Mount Pleasant quote starts from your ZIP code, practice type, waste types and approximate volume, plus whether this is new service or a change of provider.