Post by account_disabled on Mar 11, 2024 1:42:10 GMT -5
The Labor Inspection has sent a request to the Management of the 12 de Octubre Hospital in which they warn that there has been an excessive accumulation of hazardous waste during the pandemic, in unforeseen places, which could pose a risk to the health of the staff. , as Health reported last October, coinciding with the second wave of the pandemic. Hazardous waste with a high biological load, mainly from medical supplies with biological remains generated by the pandemic, accumulated in several hospitals in the public network of the Madrid Health Service (SERMAS), reports. Some were stored in transit areas because there was no space in warehouses set up for it. "This situation in itself generated an added risk to the biological danger that the aforementioned material already has," denounces the union.
Given these events, demanded that the Ministry of Health immediately remove this waste, modify the specifications with the companies collecting hazardous waste in hospitals, and prepare a contingency plan to deal with the variability of waste. health and the high amount of hazardous Belgium Mobile Number List waste that is generated during a contingency, in this case due to a pandemic. With the increase in hospitalizations due to coronavirus, during the last year much more waste has been generated, especially the most dangerous, Group 3, which has a special typology , a special risk, and special regulations for its collection. However, "the Community of Madrid allowed this waste to accumulate within the hospitals with other waste comparable to urban waste," says.
Triple the waste The Labor Inspection verifies in its report that “during the peaks of the pandemic, the generation of this waste tripled and was stored temporarily in areas not traveled by hospital staff, or by users, specifically in Hospital 12 de In October, vehicle parking areas were occupied for loading/unloading, with only access for cleaning workers and waste collection personnel.” Due to these facts, the labor surveillance body warns the hospital that it must prevent "excessive storage of hazardous waste from being circumstantially reproduced, with risk to the workers who provide services in the different areas of the center" and that it must consider "the strict compliance with the conditions of the intermediate and final deposit areas of biosanitary and cytotoxic waste , in accordance with the provisions of Decree.
Given these events, demanded that the Ministry of Health immediately remove this waste, modify the specifications with the companies collecting hazardous waste in hospitals, and prepare a contingency plan to deal with the variability of waste. health and the high amount of hazardous Belgium Mobile Number List waste that is generated during a contingency, in this case due to a pandemic. With the increase in hospitalizations due to coronavirus, during the last year much more waste has been generated, especially the most dangerous, Group 3, which has a special typology , a special risk, and special regulations for its collection. However, "the Community of Madrid allowed this waste to accumulate within the hospitals with other waste comparable to urban waste," says.
Triple the waste The Labor Inspection verifies in its report that “during the peaks of the pandemic, the generation of this waste tripled and was stored temporarily in areas not traveled by hospital staff, or by users, specifically in Hospital 12 de In October, vehicle parking areas were occupied for loading/unloading, with only access for cleaning workers and waste collection personnel.” Due to these facts, the labor surveillance body warns the hospital that it must prevent "excessive storage of hazardous waste from being circumstantially reproduced, with risk to the workers who provide services in the different areas of the center" and that it must consider "the strict compliance with the conditions of the intermediate and final deposit areas of biosanitary and cytotoxic waste , in accordance with the provisions of Decree.