How to Prepare for a Medical Waste Audit
Use these helpful tips to prepare for a medical waste audit.
How to Avoid Fines for HIPAA & FACTA File Management Non-Compliance
A best practice approach to file management goes beyond compliance. Here’s how to implement a document management process to protect you and your patients.
FACTA and Other Document Shredding Laws: What You Need to Know
Learn more about major shredding laws in Alabama and Tennessee, and how your organization can stay in compliance.
Hazardous Waste Disposal: Liabilities Faced by the Waste Generator
Sections 22-22A-1 to 22-22A-16 of the Code of Alabama, various other Acts and federal laws cover hazardous waste disposal. Learn more about them here.
Steps to help ensure OSHA Medical Waste Compliance In Your Workplace
OSHA Medical Waste Compliance means meeting these RMW compliance standards, including proper segregation and storage, employee training, and more.
Compliance Training For Medical Waste Generators: What You Need To Know
There is a vast collection of regulatory agencies and each has specific regulations for how your staff should handle medical waste. Here is a guide to make sure you have a well-organized compliance training program that meets all of these requirements.
Digital Media Destruction: How to Be HIPAA Compliant
HIPAA requires policies for secure disposal, re-use of electronic devices, media containing electronic PHI (ePHI). Here are steps to erase sensitive data.
What to Look for When Selecting a Shredding Service for Your Medical Practice
Secure management of medical records begins when they are created and continues until you destroy them. Here’s how to select a reliable shredding service.
Is Your Waste Generator Classification Correct?
The volume of hazardous waste that a generator produces in a calendar month determines which regulations apply to that generator. Let’s take a look at why it’s so important to make sure you know your proper classification and the regulations that apply to each category.
Don’t Overlook These 13 Mixture and Derived-From Rule Exemptions
The entire hazardous waste identification process can be confusing, especially when it comes to understanding the definition of hazardous waste exclusions. We’ve put together this list to help you understand the “mixture” and “derived-from” rules and take advantage of ways to reduce your regulatory burden and hopefully, streamline waste management at your facility. Proper hazardous […]