U.S. healthcare facilities faced an unexpected dilemma during the international outbreak of West Ebola Virus Disease (EBV) from 2014-2016: hospitals were unprepared and often overwhelmed as they ...

Using a combination of Ekahau's Wi-Fi based RTLS personnel badges and asset tags, the safety of the hospital's waste management is improved, with a better overall visibility and control over the ...

The very materials protecting us from COVID-19 infection over the last year could ultimately cause long-term harm to public health and the planet. Growing quietly in the background amid the chaos to ...

A new study has found that 26,000 metric tons of pandemic-related plastic waste has been released into the world’s oceans since the start of the COVID-19 pandemci in January 2020. The largest share by ...

BOSTON - Emergency departments of hospitals generate significant amounts of environmentally harmful waste which could be reduced through basic changes to disposal policies and practices, while ...

University of Utah Health Science, following a call to shut down the North Salt Lake incinerator for alleged emissions violations, is rethinking its waste practices. One option the hospital group is ...

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 ...