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Cherokee, North Carolina is a region that is rich with culture, natural beauty and is the gateway to The Great Smoky Mountains.
Cherokee is a Census Designated Area and is the official home of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Native American heritage, culture and art can be found throughout the town, making it a destination for history and nature enthusiast. Cherokee is a tourist oriented area, yet it maintains a small town charm.
According to the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 2,138. The Cherokee Tribe hosts a garden, museum, historical dramas and arts and crafts centers. Cherokee is literally steps from some of the best hiking trails in the United States. No matter if you are visiting to relax or if you are coming to immerse yourself in Native culture, Cherokee is one of the best destinations in North Carolina!
The Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority is the healthcare center providing both impatient and outpatient care to the Cherokee Nation. Straight from their website: “With an emphasis on Cherokee history, arts, crafts, and the unique healing aspects of Cherokee culture, including consideration for the mind, body, and spirit, CIHA addresses the health and wellness needs of the Tribe—and does so to the highest national standards of healthcare” (cherokeehospital.org). Go Green Solutions, LLC is thankful for medical centers such as these because they provide work for the people in the area! All of the medical facilities in the area produce medical waste. This is where Go Green Solutions, LLC comes in! We can help these facilities not only provide state approved medical waste pick up, but also help the companies to safe and compliant.
Go Green Solutions, LLC is blessed to service the Cherokee area; ensuring that the local area as well as the residents are taken care of in the best way possible. Many are unaware that medical waste cannot just be disposed of in their regular trash. Our goal here at Go Green Solutions, LLC is to provide that awareness. Medical waste has infectious pathogens and viruses that can be easily spread if it were to come in contact with a human.
Included in medical waste would be for example: sharps, soaked gauze, human tissue, syringes, patient IV’s, etc. Due to the fact that Blood Borne Pathogens (BBP) are always present on the above items, it is crucial to properly dispose of them immediately after use. This is what helps prevent and stop the spread of infectious diseases and prevent contamination of sterile environments.
According to the CDC HAI Data: Found in the below link https://www.cdc.gov/hai/data/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fhai%2Fsurveillance%2Findex.html
Although significant progress has been made in preventing some healthcare-associated infection types, there is much more work to be done. On any given day, about one in 31 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection.
CDC publishes data reports to help track progress and target areas that need assistance. The data come from two complementary HAI surveillance systems, the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and the Emerging Infections Program Healthcare-Associated Infections – Community Interface (EIP HAIC).
Go Green Solutions, LLC makes it our priority to help reduce these risks by providing necessary OSHA Compliance Training to our customers in Cherokee, NC.
Medical waste is waste material generated in physician offices, emergency clinics, dentists, funeral homes, veterinary clinics, long term care facilities, tattoo parlors and laboratories. According to the EPA: generally, medical waste is healthcare waste that may be contaminated by blood, body fluids or other potentially infectious materials and is often referred to as regulated medical waste.
If medical wastes are not properly managed and disposed of it may pose as a potential risk and hazard to humans, including health care workers, patients, pets and medical waste workers. Medical waste disposal is both a delicate and complex task, but it is essential to your business’s good name and success.
OSHA defines Regulated Waste as liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious materials.
The State of North Carolina defines medical waste as: any solid waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, but does not include any hazardous waste identified or listed pursuant to this Article, radioactive waste, household waste as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations 261.4(b)(1) in effect on 1 July 1989, or those substances excluded from the definition of solid waste in this section. (NCGS 130A-290(a)(17a)) For more info click here.
Congress enacted the Medical Waste Tracking Act (MWTA) of 1988. Specifically, this act, which amended the Solid Waste Disposal Act, did the following:
It is important to understand that to remain compliant your business must comply with the standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Transport (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as North Carolina and local agencies.
Go Green Solutions, LLC is committed to providing a safe, low cost way to properly transport and dispose of medical waste. We offer “cradle to grave” tracking and compliance training, so that you can be at ease that your business is compliant.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation has adopted a “made for the tribe” health model.
The Cherokee Indian Hospital combines ancient Cherokee customs and state of the art healthcare and is committed to improving tribal healthcare. They do so while maintaining culture by taking control over health services in Cherokee. “The hospital doesn’t feel like a hospital”, an article from Kaiser Health News points out. The hospital has a fireplace, waterfall and art work depicting the Tribe. It’s large widows brings nature into the facility, casting a sense of connection to it’s roots.
The hospital is a part of a move in which 20% of recognized tribes in the U.S. have been given permission to take control over their healthcare services instead of government ran institutions. The tribe used casino profits to build a twenty person bed hospital that opened in 2015 and is in the process of opening a 15 person bed mental healthcare facility.
The hospital prides itself in not separating physical needs from mental, emotional and spiritual needs. This example is a big stepping stone that could help improve tribes throughout the United States.
To read the article from Kaiser Health News click here.
Go Green Solutions, LLC is thankful for moves such as these that helps Native People!
Section .1200 – Medical Waste Management Rules: Courtesy of North Carolina Environmental Quality
Medical Waste Frequently Asked Questions: Courtesy of North Carolina Environmental Quality
Guidance Document: Best Management Practices for Unused Pharmaceuticals at Health Care Facilities: Courtesy of United States
Environmental Protection Agency
Medical Waste Poster:
Medical Waste PowerPoint Presentation: Courtesy of Department of Environmental Quality
Disposers should be aware that other agencies have additional requirements for some aspects of medical waste management. These include:
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Classified as any waste resulting from medical, nursing, dental, pharmaceutical, skin penetration or other related clinical activity, being waste that has the potential to cause injury, infection or offence, and includes waste containing any of the following: human tissue (other than hair, teeth and nails), bulk body fluids or blood visibly blood-stained body fluids, materials or equipment laboratory specimens or cultures, animal tissue, carcasses or other waste from animals used for medical research.
Classified as human derived tissues, organs and body parts as well as vertebrate animal derived tissues, organs, and body parts that are recognizable. This however, does not include the following: teeth, and contiguous cultures of bone and gum, body fluids removed during surgery, autopsy, or other medical procedures, specimens of body fluids and their containers, and discarded materials soaked with body fluids(other than urine).
Classified as any waste collected from designated sharps waste containers used in the course of business, commercial or community service activities, being waste resulting from the use of sharps for any of the following purposes: human health care by health professionals and other health care providers, medical research or work on cadavers, veterinary care or veterinary research, skin penetration or the injection of drugs or other substances for medical or non-medical reasons but does not include waste that has been treated on the site where it was generated, and to a standard specified in an EPA gazettal notice.
Sharps means those things: that have sharp points or edges capable of cutting, piercing or penetrating the skin (such as needles, syringes with needles or surgical instruments), that are designed for the purpose of cutting, piercing or penetrating the skin, that have the potential to cause injury or infection.
Classified as waste that has been generated by activities carried out for business or other commercial purposes and that consists of pharmaceutical or other chemical substances specified in the Poisons List made under section 8 of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.
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316 N. ACADEMY ST. CARY, NC 27513 Phone: 828.497.7000
Cherokee Indian Hospital | Address: 1 Hospital Rd, Cherokee, NC 28719
137 Seven Clans Ln, Cherokee, NC 28719 Phone: (828) 359-6600
43 JOHN CROWE HILL, Cherokee, NC 28719 Phone: (828) 359-6180
844 Painttown Rd. Cherokee, NC, 28719, Phone: (828) 359-6110
PO Box 1838 Cherokee, NC 28719 Phone: 828-788-0034
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