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Medical waste disposal is an important part of any hospital or health facility’s procedures. So important that they put the trash in red bags. In these bags go pretty much all contaminated waste that is considered a biohazard. Blood, urine and other bodily secretion-soaked items should be disposed of in these bags. If you are disposing large volumes of liquid, see your administration for particular guidelines, since these change accordingly. Scalpels, sharps, and needles, along with broken lab glass and blades also should be disposed of in these bags.

Medical waste disposal is serious stuff; it can’t just be thrown in any old landmine. In Australia there was recently a spat about a new housing district being too close to a medical waste incinerator. 1000 meters was the disputed line, but here in the U.S. things are different. MedAssure moistens and shreds all of the medical waste to ensure that all the medical waste is disinfected sufficiently with heat. Microwaves are then used to treat the waste and a HEPA air filter is used to reduce odors to nonexistence. The overall volume is reduced by 80% and is non-infectious by the end of the process. With MedAssure you don’t have to worry about medical waste management.
A new position in the medical field, the hospitalist, is drastically changing the way hospitals run. Hospitalists spend regular hours working with patients to treat disease and ease pain. They also work with the hospital to minimize cost and cut time spent switching patients between residents and doctors. Hospitalists are always around during the day, and work, to design better discharge systems, which can use a lot of time. Other responsibilities include determining efficient medical waste management and medical waste disposal. Medical waste management, for example, is the kind of thing that traditional doctors never preoccupied themselves with, but the hospitalist is dedicated to overall efficiency throughout the hospital.

This is in contrast to the busy doctors who make rounds early and never see families. They often visit patients while they’re still sleeping, early in the morning, and their relationship with the patient is weak.

It seems like the hospitalist is the kind of family doctor that is becoming increasingly popular and important. Being a physician in the 21st century will be more about efficiency and the doctor patient relationship. This role will fit seamlessly with the Obama Care Health Reform system that will be implemented by 2014.