SteriMed
EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL IS NOT TRUTH.
For years, this has been business as usual: Medical waste is generated at a healthcare facility and is packaged into reusable storage bins. Then these bins pile up in one or more rooms until picked up by a waste hauler — sometimes days later — for offsite treatment and disposal. It's then burned or treated with high-energy/carbon generating processes. Costly, risky, and burdened by long term recordkeeping requirements by the waste generator.
Today, the process can be very different for you: Clinical and medical waste no longer need be packaged and stored onsite. Your waste can now be treated right at your facility, using our on-site, eco-friendly and fast, SteriMed Systems. In just a 15 minute cycle, the SteriMed System transforms your regulated waste into ordinary trash. As a result, you can reduce your reliance upon waste hauling contracts, improve your facility's environmental footprint, and reduce your monthly costs for medical waste treatement by as much as 50%. Inexpensive. Safe. Smart.
Speaking of smart, the SteriMed System automatically catalogues and tracks all waste treated onsite. No more record keeping and manifesting of your waste treatment contracts! Additionally, the SteriMed is remotely monitored for required maintenance, and troubleshooting via our SteriMed eLink service.
So who and what is SteriMed Medical Waste Solutions?
We're the developer, manufacturer, and global leader in on-site chemical-based medical waste processors.
Our medical waste processors automatically disinfect and destroy regulated medical waste, such as:
Sharps, Red bag waste, Suction canisters, Surgical waste, Pathological waste
Glass, Labware, Gloves, Dialyzers, Plasma filters, Surgical tubing
Clinical and medical waste bags, Trace chemo
Our compact, yet scalable systems can be deployed at a variety of heathcare facilities, such as:
Hospitals, including VA facilities, Dialysis facilities, Surgical centers, Medical and clinical laboratories
Naval and cruise ships, Blood banks and labs, HIV research labs, Infectious disease centers
Drug discovery labs, Correctional facilities, Plasmapheresis clinics, Urgent care facilities
Food laboratories, Crime scene clean-up companies, Regional reprocessing centers
Life sciences research laboratories
The units — comparable in size to a photocopier — simultaneously shred, grind, mix and disinfect the waste with the proprietary Ster-Cid® solution. After the treatment of medical waste, the resulting material may be discarded as conventional trash, in accordance with solid waste requirements.
Each system features an intuitive user interface with message display to communicate to the operator the status of the automatic disinfection and destruction process. The system is placed into automatic cycle by the simple press of the “start” push button. The time for clinical personnel to load and start an automatic cycle is less than 1-minute per cycle.
Ster-Cid® is a uniquely eco-friendly, biodegradable disinfectant solution which has been approved for use in the SteriMed Systems. Ster-Cid® is registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”) for use in the treatment of medical waste. During the SteriMed disinfecting cycle, the concentration of Ster-Cid® is approximately 0.5 percent of the total volume of liquids. The disinfectant Ster-Cid®, in conjunction with the SteriMed Systems, has been tested in independent laboratories. Results show that disinfection levels specified in the U.S. EPA guidance document, “Report on State and Territorial Association on Alternate Treatment Technologies” (STAATT), are met. The discharge of SteriMed effluent (with a low concentration of the disinfectant) into the sewer system is accepted by wastewater treatment authorities. STAATT is a worldwide organization involved in setting criteria for efficacy of alternative treatment of medical waste technologies.
TAKE A GIANT LEAP FORWARD - ELIMINATE HAIs
It's true. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Toxic waste disposal removes infectious waste streams from the healthcare setting. The result? The risk of healthcare-acquired infections can be virtually eliminated.
With SteriMed, toxic waste is disposed of onsite — and disposed of daily. Without storage of biohazardous material, there's no accumulation of environmental contaminates within the facility.
Waste from each patient is placed into the waste receiver that disinfects and destroys the waste within 15-20 minutes of its generation. This same-hour toxic waste disposal environment boosts the level of staff comfort concerning the medical waste storage room and overall infection control effectiveness. The result is a far healthier healthcare setting.
HOW HEALTHCARE IMPACTS THE ENVIRONMENT
A healthcare facility makes significant contributions to their communities by providing a wide variety of services. They are also major employers, with healthcare comprising of at least 16% of the national and regional economy in most countries. Healthcare facilities operate all day everyday, making their environmental footprint large in many communities.
For example, hospitals alone in the US impact the environment by:
- Generating approximately 7,000 tons per day of waste, including infectious waste, hazardous waste, and solid waste.
- Using mercury in medical devices, equipment, light bulbs, etc.
- Using materials that may have toxic effects: PVC, DEHP, cleaning materials, heavy metals in pesticides.
- Consuming large amounts of energy in buildings and car fleets, and generating significant greenhouse gas emissions.
- Consuming large amount of fossil fuels for fleets for trucks that transport consumables and waste to and from the facility.
- Consuming large amounts of fresh water for domestic use and heating/cooling as well as landscaping.
There is also evidence that the health sector's energy use, prolific consumption of fresh water, large volume of waste produced, and resulting toxic emissions from its operations and reliance upon non-biodegradable chemicals undermine the health of the very communities the sector is meant to serve.
THINK GREEN
Often the first steps in reducing the environmental footprint of a healthcare facility includes:
- proper waste management, including on-site waste treatment
- reduced red-bag (medical) waste volumes
- increased recycling
- purchase of energy star products
- Use of eco-friendly disinfectants
- Reduced transportation by in-sourcing of service like waste treatment.
Reducing a healthcare facility's environmental impact is always not an easy project. However, simultaneous and immediate impact on a facility's solid waste, landfill, fresh water, eco-toxity, and carbon footprints; all together, can be dramatically reduced today using innovative green technologies like SteriMed.
At SteriMed Medical Waste Solutions, we've always believed that the business of healthcare can and should have a positive impact not only the patients that it treats, but also on the communities they serve; and in doing so we were driven to develop the most cost effective, environmental aware technology for the onsite treatment of medical waste.
THE ECO-FRIENDLY COMPETITIVENESS OF STERIMED PRODUCTS
Traditional hazardous waste recycling haulers, well, haul—by the truckload. They pick up at your facility and transport the material to the treatment plant where they use either incineration or high heat processes like steam to treat your waste. Often times these treatment plants are located hundreds of miles away from your clinic. They then move the treated waste from the treatment plant to a community landfill site. This complete process from waste generation at your facility, to the remotely located treatment plant, to your waste's eventual resting place in a community landfill consumes lots of fossil fuels. All of which puts tons of greenhouse gasses like CO2 into the atmosphere and throwing the earth's natural carbon cycle way out of balance.
With SteriMed, your facility's waste is treated on-site and does not consume a drop of fossil fuel for offsite treatment transportation. As a result, greenhouse gasses are reduced to virtually zero. The SteriMed process dramatically reduces your facility's carbon, water, and landfill footprints.
Our on-site waste systems use less than 10 cents in electricity and cold-water resources per cycle. With our unique biodegradable disinfectant, SteriCid,tm medical waste is converted into ordinary trash , using an easy-to-use, environmentally friendly process Even more remarkable, the resulting solid waste take up 90 percent less space in the community landfill. At the end of the SteriMed treatment process is waste that can be placed into your facility's regular trash.
And with the average cost of treating waste on-site using SteriMed being less than 50% of most medical waste hauling contracts, you can begin today to realize that compared to SteriMed, everything else is a waste.
ECOBENEFITS OF STERIMED
CLEANAIR TECHNOLOGY
No dixons and furans produced by treatment process
Non-incineration technology
No bioaerosols from burning of waste
No combustion of fossil fuels to transport waste offsite for treatment
Room temperature process consumes only .11 kWh of conventional electricity per cycle.
CLEANWATER TECHNOLOGY
Biodegradable disinfectant at low dilution rate of 0.5% is safe for discharge to sewers.
Disinfectant is biodegradable.
Disinfection is formulated without the use of heavy metals.
Dilution rate of disinfection is computer controlled to ensure safe use of disinfectant at your facility.
ECOTOXITY AND BIOACCUMULATION
Waste treated by SteriMed using SterCid complies with the EPA toxicity under TCLP.
Diluted effluent is biodegradable.
SOLID WASTE FOOTPRINT REDUCTION
Landfill disposal footprint is reduced by up to 90% by shredding of waste.
Reduced solid waste footprint save on transportation to landfill.
COMPACT, GREEN, FAST.
The SteriMed medical waste processors—-comparable in size to a small walk-up self-service photocopier--simultaneously shred, macerate, disinfect and dewater medical waste using an environmentally friendly disinfectant--SterCid. After treatment of the potentially infectious medical waste, the resulting solid waste material is simply and cost effectively discarded as regular trash in your local community landfill in accordance with solid waste regulations.
Each SteriMed system features an easy to operate operator interface. The untreated waste bag or sharps containers are loaded into the loading door of the system. The time for clinic personnel to load and start an automatic cycle is less than 30 seconds; less time than it takes to label, package, and manifest the same waste for offsite transportation!
SteriMed systems also feature an intuitive graphical operator interface, which communicates the status of the automatic disinfection and destruction process. Training time of your staff is just a few minutes.
At the end of the cycle, the treated waste is disposed of as ordinary trash; no hassle, no manifesting or packaging labor for untreated waste, and best of all, for up to 50% of the cost of hauling.communicates the status of the automatic disinfection and destruction process. Training time of your staff is just a few minutes.
SAFE, EFFICIENT, COMPLIANT.
The microbiological inactivation features of the SteriMed treatment system is enabled by SterCidTM, a uniquely eco-friendly, biodegradable disinfectant solution with lethal power to treat all forms of virulent diseases, including H1N1, SARS, HIV, TB, and Hepatitis. SterCid is provided in concentrated form, and is periodically poured into each SteriMed system about once per week. The SteriMed system automatically dilutes the concentrate to the correct disinfection application rate to achieve the required disinfection of the waste.
SterCidTM is registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("U.S. EPA") in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act ("FIFRA") for use in the treatment of medical waste.
During the SteriMed disinfecting cycle, the concentration of SterCid® is approximately 0.5 percent of the total volume of liquids. The SterCidTM disinfectant, in conjunction with SteriMed Systems, has been validated in independent laboratories. Results show that disinfection levels specified in the U.S. EPA guidance document, "Report on State and Territorial Association on Alternate Treatment Technologies" (STAATT), are met.
STAATT is a worldwide organization involved in setting criteria for efficacy of alternative treatment of medical waste technologies. The SteriMed exceeds STAATT Level III efficacy, and can be used for treatment throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, and several European Union countries.
The liquid discharge of SteriMed effluent (with a low concentration of the disinfectant) into the sewer system is accepted by wastewater treatment authorities.
EREGULATORY.
Each SteriMed system is capable of providing real-time parametric monitoring and reporting to your facility using our SteriMed eLink cellular data communicator system; providing always-on, always-reporting connectivity of your facility's SteriMed system to our central station.
The SYSTEM70 is a fully automated medical waste processor that simultaneously shreds and disinfects clinical and medical waste; reducing its volume by up to 90 percent, and rendering it non-infectious by using an EPA-registered disinfectant. The SYSTEM70 can process medical waste, including sharps, clinical waste bags, dialysis filters, surgical waste, suction canisters, surgical tubing, tissues, organic waste, whole blood units , glass and lab ware. The SYSTEM70 is designed especially for easy, plug-n-play installation within existing soiled linen or biohazardous waste storage rooms. With an automatic cycle of 20 minutes, the System70 is one of the fastest medical waste processors in the industry.
The SYSTEM70 is the larger model within the SteriMed product line of medical waste processors. The SYSTEM70 incorporates an integrated active de-watering separator unit that automatically removes the freeliquids in the treated, shredded waste, prior to disposal into the waste receptacle.
The SYSTEM70 incorporates non-incineration, CleanAir chemical disinfection technology. The SYSTEM70 has been validated as a STAATT Level III compliant treatment technology. The SYSTEM70 uses an EPA registered disinfectant for safe and effective on-site waste treatment.
The SYSTEM15 is a fully automated medical waste processor that simultaneously shreds and disinfects clinical and medical waste; reducing its volume by up to 90 percent, and rendering it non-infectious by using an EPA-registered disinfectant. The SYSTEM15 can process medical waste, including sharps, clinical waste bags, dialysis filters, surgical waste, suction canisters, surgical tubing, tissues, organic waste, whole blood units , glass and lab ware. The compact SYSTEM15 is designed especially for easy, plug-n-play installation within existing soiled linen or biohazardous waste storage rooms. With an automatic cycle of 15 minutes, the System15 is the fastest medical waste processor in the industry.
The SYSTEM15 is the smaller, more compact model within the SteriMed product line of medical waste processors. The SYSTEM15 also incorporates a disposable filter bag which is used to automatically dewater the shredded waste in the waste drawer of the unit prior to disposal.
The SYSTEM15 incorporates non-incineration, CleanAir chemical disinfection technology. The SYSTEM15 has been validated as a STAATT Level III compliant treatment technology. The SYSTEM15 uses an EPA registered disinfectant for safe and effective on-site waste treatment.
SterCid- The Global Disinfectant
The SterCid requires no operator intervention for mixing of the concentrate to create the dilution required for the treatment of medical waste. The SterCid concentrate is simply poured into the chemical storage tanks of the SteriMed SYSTEM15 or SYSTEM70 where the computerized control system automatically dilutes and doses each load of medical waste during the unmanned treatment cycle.
The SterCid automatically renders any bacteria, viruses, fungi and spores inactive, while the SteriMed system renders the solid waste unrecognizable and reduces the landfill volume by as much as 90%.
The SterCid is a unique formulation of 2-quaternary ammonia compounds, an aldehyde, isopropanol and pine oil. This blending of disinfectants creates an innovative synergistic formulation that performs as a high level disinfectant at extremely low dilutions of only 0.5%.
The sophisticated and continuously improved formulation enables SterCid to achieve STAATT Level III disinfection efficacy (4 Log10 inactivation of bacterial spores and a 6 Log10 inactivation of mycobacteria vegetative cells).
The low usage concentration, a neutral pH, formulated without heavy metals for stabilization, and biodegradability renders the SterCid effluent safe for discharge directly, without neutralization, into your facility's drain. A report of effluent compliance with your facility's local sewer ordinance is available upon request
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