EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SteriMed systems treat and dispose “Red Bags” into regular municipal solid waste

Revolutionary On-Site Alternative Technology for treatment of regulated medical waste (including complete sharp containers) utilizes cold treatment process with registered biodegradable chemicals (The Ster-Cid) and reduces volume by up to 90% of the original volume.
SteriMedsystems significantly improve safety – Eliminate the need to store, transport or handle infectious medical waste within the facility and beyond. The SteriMed treats medical waste immediately by any staff member at the point of generation.


SteriMed reduces waste volume up to 10% of original size by the shredding process; it makes waste handling and disposal even cheaper and requires less volume in the regular garbage disposal containers as well as reducing the pressure on ever diminishing land fills.
 SteriMed substantially reduces medical waste disposal costs since on-site treatment eliminates the most expensive factor, which is transportation of medical waste. Treatment of medical waste also eliminate many of the additional costs associated with traditional methods such as:

q  The physical separation of the waste into different groups (such as sharps, rubber and cloth).

q  The physical transport within the medical facility to a holding area

q  The cost of storage.

q  The actual removal from the storage area by the removal contractor (also at times the cost of special cartons and packaging materials, for waste collection).

All these stages are associated with costs for the medical facility in manpower and space, and of course each one is associated with an increased risk of needle stick injuries or infection, due to additional handling stages. In short, the intangible costs are at times as high as the costs of the bill from the current medical waste removal contractor.

Studies show that on average per department in a facility in the western world, there is an average of 2-needle stick injuries associate with waste removal, in each month. The cost of testing and establishing that no contamination has occurred (such as Hepatitis or AIDS) has been estimated at about $5,000 per needle stick - provided that no contamination of the person has occurred.

The next consideration has to be the reduction in exposure to litigation due to an unsafe working environment that may have resulted in contamination of staff, visitors or contractors.

In addition, increasing liability risks and occupational health and safety considerations help to make the cost of current waste handling storage and disposal extremely expensive.

Typical Items Found in Medical Waste Stream

 Infectious Red Bag

Shredded Treated Waste

 SteriMed was designed and built utilizing the latest state of the art technologies, yet it is very simple to operate and maintain.

Operator will place standard “Red Bag” on the automatic loading tray of the machine and press the “start” button

Water and chemicals will be dispensed automatically and operation of the shredder and circulating pump commence the treatment cycle.  

During the process of 12 minutes cycle, small shredded pieces of the waste are exposed to the treatment chemicals, whilst continually circulating through a closed circuit pump.

At end of 12 minutes process, waste mixture is pumped out into a solids / liquids separator unit. Liquid portion is disposed into the sewerage system, while treated solids waste will be disposed in the municipal waste dumpster

 
SteriMed System with Liquid Separator 

 Shredded Treated Waste