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Gastonia, North Carolina is the second largest satellite city of Charlotte. 

Gastonia is rich with history and notable attractions, particularly for the nature lover. The population was 71,741 at the 2010 Census. In 2018, the population had increased to 77,024.

CaroMont Health provides healthcare to Gastonia and the surrounding areas. 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 Gastonia 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 Gastonia, 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:

  • Defined medical waste and established which medical wastes would be subject to program regulations.
  • Established a tracking system utilizing a generator initiated tracking form.
  • Required management standards for segregation, packaging, labeling and marking, and storage of the medical waste.
  • Established record keeping requirements and penalties that could be imposed for mismanagement.

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.

First Day Hikes are becoming a annual tradition and state parks across North Carolina participated a they welcomed in 2020, but one hike started in NC and ended in SC!

The Crowder Mountain State Park played host site for the hike that started on Crowder Mountain but ended in King’s Mountain State Park, SC.

With temperatures just above freezing a group of eager hiking enthusiast trekked the just over five mile hike. The hikers found it encouraging that the parks system supported and encouraged the “First Day Hike”.

You can read more on this story and hiker’s responses by going to: https://www.gastongazette.com/news/20200101/first-day-hike-spans-two-states

Go Green Solutions is thankful for communities like Gatonia! Go Green Solutions, LLC looks forward to working with you!

For more information in regards to services or products we offer, please visit our services page! For any questions contact us here!

Please Note: All Below Content is Not The Property of Go Green Solutions, LLC. It is simply a resource courtesy of North Carolina Environmental Quality. In order to ensure the information is accurate, no content has been modified or edited: This information can be found at the following link. https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/medical-waste​ 

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

Additional Links to Other Governmental Agencies

Disposers should be aware that other agencies have additional requirements for some aspects of medical waste management. These include:

  • USEPA– While medical waste disposal is not regulated by the EPA their website has useful information and links.
  • OSHA– These regulations include information about labeling and packaging of medical waste.
  • DOT has regulations on medical waste transport. Enter “regulated medical waste” in the search box to find the information.
  • N.C. Hazardous Waste Section – Administers the RCRA Subtitle C program, which regulates some types of waste from medical facilities including some chemotherapy waste

Medical Waste

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.

PATHOLOGICAL WASTE​

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).

SHARPS CONTAINER DISPOSAL​​

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.

PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE​

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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Compliance Training

Compliance Training consists of BBP, HAZCOM, HIPAA Training and more! It also includes safety plans, MCDS, Conversion from ICD9-ICD10, Mock OSHA Audits, and more! Our training can be taken individually or as a group. Once you have completed the training, simply print out your certificate and you’re done. It’s that simple! Start today and help your facility to stay safe and compliant!

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Medical Waste Disposal Resources In Gastonia, NC

City Council City Government Office In Gastonia, North Carolina

181 S South St, Gastonia, NC 28052

Hospital In Gastonia, North Carolina

Caromount Health | Address: 2525 Court Dr, Gastonia, NC 28054

Police Department in Gastonia, North Carolina

Address: 200 East Long Avenue, Gastonia, NC 28052 Phone: 704.866.3300

Human Resources

Phone: (704).866.6786 [email protected]

Code Enforcement

150 S. York Street, Gastonia, NC 28052 Phone: (704).866.6760

Chamber of Commerce

307 N. Academy St, Cary, NC 27513 Phone: (919) 467-1016

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