The global medical waste management market is expected to reach $14 billion in 2020. More hospitals and clinics are beginning to realize how important efficient biomedical waste management is.
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WHY NEEDLE DISPOSAL CONTAINERS BELONG IN ALL PUBLIC BATHROOMS
In recent years, finding needle disposal bins mounted on the walls of your gas station or supermarket bathroom has grown increasingly common.
3 Ways a Referral Management System Can Improve Patient Care
The healthcare industry is endlessly changing. And the current push toward a value-based pay model has inspired physicians to continuously look for ways to improve the overall quality of care being provided. This can be accomplished by increasing transparency, reducing operational inefficiencies, and enhancing existing processes.
Medical waste-management practices vary across Canada
Condoms and syringes mixed with household waste and then exported from the United Kingdom to Brazil for recycling. Scalpels and other sharps left in heaps outside of hospitals.
California to Repay Loans of Docs Who Take Medicaid Patients
California has launched a program that will repay young doctors’ medical school loans if they agree to carry a caseload 30% of which consists of patients on Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program.
Improving Quality of Care, Workflow Efficiency and Capacity with Wire-free Breast Tumor Localization
During the past three decades, investment, innovation and advances in new technologies and procedures have markedly improved our ability to detect and diagnose early stage breast cancer and have had an enormous positive impact on patients.
Single-level and multi-level water filters: what to choose?
The more polluted your water, the more carefully you need to select a filtering method or a combination of them. An integrated approach that includes 3-5 stages of purification works most effectively. A single-stage filtration system should only be used with relatively good water quality or provided that you select a filtration method for a […]
How to make money on poker in online casinos
In online casino, players can choose from several different poker game options. When these entertainments appeared on the net, there was more attention to them. Making money at poker in a casino has also become easier, but some nuances have emerged that should be considered. Poker is a popular card game that is based on […]
BMC Medicine at Digestive Disease Week 2019
BMC Medicine attended DDW 2019, one of the largest worldwide gatherings for gastroenterologists and hepatologists. Here we share some of the highlights presented during the sessions. Alessandro Recchioni Gut microbiota and the brain In a Saturday morning session, Premysl Bercik from McMaster university highlighted the interplay between the intestinal microbiota and the brain, with data coming primarily from mouse […]
The epigenetics diet: A barrier against environmental pollution
Early-life nutrition can profoundly affect development through the regulation of gene expression even when the DNA is not altered. In this blog, a research team out of University of Alabama at Birmingham summarize the evidence that an “epigenetics diet” can help protect against adverse effects of environmental pollution exposure whilst in utero and after birth. […]