The Medical University of South Carolina and an associated facility have been fined nearly $120,000 for dozens of infectious waste violations, including failing to protect the public from potential ...

Regulations imposed by federal and state agencies require that employers develop policies and procedures to address the handling, storage and disposal of infectious materials. On-the-job exposure to ...

South Carolina's environmental and public health agency is looking into the trash-handling practices of the Medical University of South Carolina after untreated infectious waste was found at a ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is investigating how loads containing infectious human and animal waste ended up at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy Center in Newport. Employees at ...

State environmental regulators have fined St. Paul’s Regions Hospital for improperly disposing of infectious medical waste at an east metro trash facility in 2024. On several occasions last year, the ...

EH&S is responsible for overseeing general university compliance with the Biowaste Program. The waste generator is responsible for identifying infectious and non-infectious biological waste that they ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has fined Regions Hospital in St. Paul $100,000 for infectious waste violations. The St. Paul hospital reportedly disposed of infectious waste at a ...