State fines Regions Hospital for improper medical waste disposal

State environmental regulators have fined St Paul s Regions Hospital for improperly disposing of infectious biological 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 Strength 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 bureaucrats stated Regions Hospital operator HealthPartners endorsed the Newport facility received the waste The state fined Regions Hospital for improperly disposing of the healthcare waste and ordered a series of corrective actions which authorities and HealthPartners revealed the hospital completed We re committed to ensuring infectious curative waste is disposed of properly HealthPartners revealed in a announcement We took immediate action last year and continue to partner with Ramsey Washington Recycling Resource to improve sorting and disposal practices Hospitals are supposed to send biological waste to a specially permitted disposal site The restrictions are aimed at protecting community wellness and the ecosystem Related Articles St Paul police nd grader mentioned 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