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 Toxicity 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 administrators stated Regions Hospital operator HealthPartners validated the Newport facility received the waste The state fined Regions Hospital for improperly disposing of the clinical waste and ordered a series of corrective actions which agents and HealthPartners mentioned the hospital completed We re committed to ensuring infectious healthcare waste is disposed of properly HealthPartners noted in a declaration We took immediate action last year and continue to partner with Ramsey Washington Recycling Capacity to improve sorting and disposal practices Hospitals are supposed to send clinical waste to a specially permitted disposal site The restrictions are aimed at protecting general fitness and the circumstances Related Articles St Paul police nd grader disclosed 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