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FARGO, ND – Autoridades de saúde da Califórnia notificaram que Dakota do Norte é um dos seis estados que poderiam receber lixo hospitalar do Ebola caso o estado tenha algum material para incinerar. Em um aviso publicado na semana passada, o Departamento de Saúde Pública da Califórnia listou North Dakota como um dos seis estados onde a Califórnia envia lixo hospitalar para ser incinerado quando o descarte no local não está disponível em centros médicos. Healthcare Environmental Services Inc., localizada em um parque industrial em 1420 40th St. N. em Fargo, opera um incinerador de resíduos médicos que também aceita resíduos de outros locais. As ligações para os Serviços de Saúde Ambiental na tarde de terça-feira não foram retornadas. A empresa é propriedade da Sanford Health. Uma porta-voz da Sanford disse que não poderia comentar imediatamente sobre a possível incineração de resíduos do ebola da Califórnia na instalação de Fargo.…

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Na sexta-feira, o procurador-geral Buddy Caldwell anunciou que o estado da Louisiana chegou a um acordo com a incineradora Veolia Environmental Services do Texas e o aterro de resíduos perigosos da Louisiana Chemical Waste Management para garantir que as cinzas do incinerador associadas à recente ocorrência do vírus Ebola de Dallas não sejam transportadas ou descartadas na Louisiana ,. Em 13 de outubro, o gabinete do procurador-geral da Louisiana obteve uma ordem de restrição no 19º Tribunal do Distrito Judicial para interromper temporariamente o transporte de cinzas de Ebola incineradas para a Louisiana. A ordem de retreinamento temporário foi prorrogada em 21 de outubro a pedido de todas as partes, antes de chegar ao acordo de hoje. O procurador-geral Caldwell disse: “Estou satisfeito que o acordo de hoje encerre este capítulo na controvérsia do transporte e descarte de resíduos do Ebola.”

Os pacientes com esse vírus debilitante produzem 440 galões de lixo hospitalar diariamente, incluindo instrumentos, jalecos, luvas, fluidos corporais, lençóis, colchões e muito mais. É uma quantidade substancial de lixo hospitalar em qualquer situação, mas é especialmente desanimador neste caso porque precisa ser descartado com extrema cautela, para evitar o risco de propagação da infecção. O que você faz com um problema como o lixo Ebola? Porque você não quer jogá-lo no lixo. Surpreendentemente, diz Bausch, os Estados Unidos realmente enfrentam problemas maiores quando se trata de descartar com segurança os resíduos de Ebola, que são simplesmente queimados em grandes fossas na África: “Nos Estados Unidos, é claro, estamos um tanto comprometidos com soluções de alta tecnologia , que de certa forma são um pouco mais problemáticos em termos de tratamento de todos esses resíduos, e precisamos de autoclaves ou incineradores que possam lidar com esse tipo de coisa. Não…

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Patients for this debilitating virus create 440 gallons of medical waste daily, such as instruments, gowns, gloves, body fluids, linens, sheets and more. That is a considerable amount of medical waste in any circumstance, but it is particularly daunting in this situation because it ought to be disposed extremely carefully, to avoid the chance of spreading disease. What should you do with a problem such as Ebola waste? Because you don’t need to toss it in the garbage. Somewhat astonishingly, says Bausch, the United States actually faces bigger problems in regards to safely disposing of Ebola waste, which is simply burned in large pits in Africa:”In the United States, naturally, we’re somewhat beholden to greater tech solutions, which in some ways are a tiny bit more problematic concerning treating all that waste, and we need autoclaves or incinerators that could handle that sort of thing. It’s not the actual inactivation…

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Just one Ebola patient treated in a U.S. hospital will generate eight 55-gallon barrels of medical waste each day. Protective gloves, gowns, masks and booties are donned and doffed by all who approach the patient’s bedside and then discarded. Disposable medical tools, packaging, bed sheets, cups, plates, tissues, towels, pillowcases and anything which is utilized to clean up after the individual has to be thrown away. Dealing with this assortment of pathogen-filled debris without triggering new illnesses is a legal and logistical challenge for each U.S. hospital currently preparing for a possible visit by the virus. In California and other states, it is a much worse waste-management nightmare. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends autoclaving (a kind of sterilizing) or incinerating the waste as a surefire means of destroying the germs, burning waste is effectively banned in California, also banned in many different states. “Storage, transport…

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On Friday Attorney General Buddy Caldwell declared the State of Louisiana reached an arrangement with Texas incinerator Veolia Environmental Services and Louisiana toxic waste landfill Chemical Waste Management to ensure that incinerator ash associated with the recent Dallas Ebola virus occurrence won’t be transported or disposed of in Louisiana,. On Oct. 13 the Louisiana Attorney General’s office got a restraining order in the 19th Judicial District Court to temporarily stop the transfer of incinerated Ebola ash into Louisiana. The temporary retraining order was extended on Oct. 21 at the request of all parties, until finally arriving at today’s arrangement. Attorney General Caldwell stated,”I’m pleased today’s arrangement ends this chapter in the controversy of the transportation and disposal of Ebola waste”

FARGO, N.D. — California health officials have given note that North Dakota is among six countries that may get Ebola medical waste in case the state has any material to incinerate. In a note published last week, the California Department of Public Health listed North Dakota as one of six states where California pushes medical waste to be incinerated when onsite disposal isn’t available at health facilities. Healthcare Environmental Services Inc., located at a nearby park in 1420 40th St. N. at Fargo, operates a medical waste incinerator which also accepts waste from other locations. Calls for Healthcare Environmental Services on Tuesday afternoon Weren’t returned. The company is owned by Sanford Health. A Sanford spokeswoman said it couldn’t immediately comment on the possible incineration of Ebola waste from California in the Fargo facility. up to now, California has no known Ebola cases, according to the state health department, which spelled…

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“Their engineers usually go out to help with installation but as a result of the Ebola threat, engineers employed by aid organisations and agencies are being sent to be trained up at the plant in Canning Road Industrial Estate rather than Mr Niklas added:”They contacted us when the outbreak started a few months ago. But we are geared up for these things, anyway. The last time demand was like this was that the Iraq War. We have set up a distinct plant when it does occur we could manage it.” British Army medics were shipped to Sierra Leone yesterday since global leaders promised to measure the international community’s attempts to stop the spread of the disease that has up to now taken more than 4,000 lives. Sales and advertising director Paul Niklas said they’d more than a hundred orders from global organisations and aid agencies, including the United Nations and…

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Vendredi, le procureur général Buddy Caldwell a annoncé que l’État de Louisiane avait conclu un accord avec l’incinérateur du Texas Veolia Environmental Services et la décharge de déchets dangereux de la Louisiane Chemical Waste Management pour garantir que les cendres de l’incinérateur associées à la récente occurrence du virus Ebola de Dallas ne soient pas transportées ou éliminées en Louisiane ,. Le 13 octobre, le bureau du procureur général de la Louisiane a obtenu une ordonnance restrictive du 19e tribunal de district judiciaire pour arrêter temporairement le transport de cendres d’Ebola incinérées en Louisiane. L’ordonnance de recyclage temporaire a été prolongée le 21 octobre à la demande de toutes les parties, avant d’arriver finalement à l’accord d’aujourd’hui. Le procureur général Caldwell a déclaré: «Je suis heureux que l’accord d’aujourd’hui mette fin à ce chapitre de la controverse sur le transport et l’élimination des déchets d’Ebola.»

FARGO, ND – Les responsables de la santé de la Californie ont signalé que le Dakota du Nord est l’un des six États qui pourraient recevoir des déchets médicaux d’Ebola dans le cas où l’État aurait du matériel à incinérer. Dans un avis publié la semaine dernière, le ministère de la Santé publique de Californie a classé le Dakota du Nord comme l’un des six États où la Californie envoie des déchets médicaux à incinérer lorsque l’élimination sur place n’est pas disponible dans les centres médicaux. Healthcare Environmental Services Inc., situé dans un parc industriel au 1420 40th St. N. à Fargo, exploite un incinérateur de déchets médicaux qui accepte également les déchets d’autres endroits. Les appels aux services environnementaux de la santé mardi après-midi n’ont pas été retournés. La société appartient à Sanford Health. Une porte-parole de Sanford a déclaré qu’elle ne pouvait pas immédiatement commenter sur l’éventuelle incinération…

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