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While you’d be hard-pressed to find a dental practice not exercising some form of waste segregation, the number of practices doing so correctly will vary. Failure to comply with Department of Health safe management of healthcare waste best practices and guidelines can lead to the release of harmful and infectious chemicals into the environment, and heavy fines for your business.
Here’s everything you need to know to keep your practice compliant and improve your waste disposal operation:
Why is Correct Dental Waste Disposal Important?
Dentists go through a high number of materials and instruments daily, many of which are designed for single use. These items contain various substances and chemicals that are can be potentially dangerous and spread disease if disposed of incorrectly. In-practice waste separation is the vital first step to ensuring this doesn’t happen. With healthcare settings responsible for a significant percentage of the UK’s carbon emissions, sustainable and proper waste management is also key for the dental sector’s bid to lower its carbon footprint.
How to Find the Right Dental Waste Company
As well as ensuring waste is dealt with appropriately in-house, it is also the dental practice’s duty to best ensure the right measures are taken at the point of final disposal.
Waste management responsibilities of the dental team include:
- Waste described accurately and fully on the documentation
- Waste packaged appropriately for transport
- Waste transferred to an authorised person for transport to an authorised waste site
When selecting a suitable partner among dental waste companies, consider ease of service, price and the company’s recycling credentials. Try and find a collection service that can schedule itself around the needs of your practice and keep you up to speed with legal compliance, duty of care and CQC obligations. Specialist dental waste carriers will also provide waste storage and disposal options as part of their package. You can find many of your essential waste management needs, including dental waste bins, bags and containers, available for next working day delivery on our website.
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