State fines Regions Hospital for improper medical waste disposal

State environmental regulators have fined St Paul s Regions Hospital for improperly disposing of infectious curative waste at an east metro trash facility in On several occasions last year the hospital put blood-contaminated syringes plastic bags suction cannisters and laboratory collection tubes in the standard municipal waste system according to the Minnesota Contamination Control Agency Ramsey Washington Recycling Potential in Newport contacted state environmental regulators when it received the items The facility had to hire a contractor to separate the waste from other garbage and send it to a proper disposal site functionaries explained Regions Hospital operator HealthPartners endorsed the Newport facility received the waste The state fined Regions Hospital for improperly disposing of the biological waste and ordered a series of corrective actions which executives and HealthPartners reported the hospital completed We re committed to ensuring infectious anatomical waste is disposed of properly HealthPartners declared in a announcement We took immediate action last year and continue to partner with Ramsey Washington Recycling Power to improve sorting and disposal practices Hospitals are supposed to send anatomical waste to a specially permitted disposal site The restrictions are aimed at protecting population wellness and the conditions Related Articles St Paul police nd grader explained he brought gun to school to show friends Metro State University lockdown prompted by man firing shots at his mother hurt in shooting in St Paul apartment police arrest of the injured Nearly employees to be laid off in St Paul as WestRock recycling plant closes St Paul MN Wild trim Xcel Center s state request from M to M