Minnesota Medical Waste Disposal Services
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Minnesota Medical Waste Management | Medical & Biohazardous Waste Disposal
The ‘North Star State’ or Minnesota is famous for more than just its lakes. It brought into the world Prince, the Twin Cities, and Boundary Waters. The Upper 
Midwest state of Minnesota is renowned for boasting thousands of lakes and is referred to as the Land of 10,000 Lakes. More precisely, there is thought to be approximately 11,842 lakes in Minnesota, as well as over 6,500 natural rivers.
In fact, Brooklyn Park is listed as a “Tree City USA” and is home to 47 miles of trails and 67 parks! Looking to explore museums? Duluth features the United States’ only all-freshwater aquarium, the Great Lakes Aquarium. In addition to its natural wonders, Minnesota is also the birthplace of some very influential and globally recognized artists. American singer/songwriter, author and artist Bob Dylan was raised in Hibbing on the Mesabi Range, west of Lake Superior. Both he and Prince regarded their Minnesota upbringings as being important catalysts for their creative pursuits. Prince is who made the Minneapolis sound famous. Bloomington in particular is responsible for a slew of NHL players and, while maybe not as musically known, St. Paul has been voted several times as the “most livable city in America.”
Minnesota’s medical heritage is also steeped in history, being recognized for a number notable breakthroughs. This includes the world’s first successful open-heart procedure, carried out by Dr. F. John Lewis at the University of Minnesota in 1952. While the first clinically usable pacemaker was designed by Earl Bakken while working with the cardiac surgeons at the University of Minnesota.
Minnesota’s Healthcare Scene
The crown jewel of Minnesota’s healthcare and medical facilities is the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic is globally renowned for its excellence in delivering complex care, treating more than 1.3 million patients a year, from all over the USA and around the world. The Mayo Clinic is accompanied by several other world-class facilities, including:
- Hazelden: America’s Largest Nonprofit treatment provider, and;
- The University of Minnesota Health, and;
- The Minneapolis Health Institute
With such an abundance of healthcare facilities treating millions of patients every year, it’s no wonder that Minnesota takes biohazardous and medical waste seriously. We also like to think there is one more crown jewel that hailed from Minnesota – and that is us, ‘Daniels Health’! In 2003 it was the vision and foresight of Fairview Hospital that saw Daniels Health birthed in the United States. They believed with us that the current sharps containers being used in the US were simply not safe enough, and they gave us a ‘whatever it takes’ vote of confidence to bring the Daniels Sharpsmart container to America. We are proud to still call Fairview hospital a loyal customer today.
Minnesota Clinical Waste Managed Locally
By that we don’t mean that we have our office in San Francisco and a phone line in Minnesota! We mean that our staff, our trucks, our clean processing and treatment facility is all situated in Shakopee, Minnesota. In Healthcare, waiting for stock or servicing of your medical waste, particularly in an outbreak, is simply not workable. Our Minnesota operations were established in 1982 and with local expertly trained staff, trucks and support, we can ensure that all contingencies are anticipated, extra sharps, pharmaceutical and medical waste containers are kept on hand, and urgent services are met. And when there’s not an urgent situation to contend with, we can give you great advice on where to find the best local coffee!
It’s important to us that we’re straight with how we price and what we’ll deliver to our customers. We don’t guarantee a 30% saving off your current bill and then charge you a little less than your current price and a lot more than the industry standard… we simply don’t play games. Our mission is simple – to make healthcare safer. Every Daniels sharps or medical waste container we install in a healthcare facility is getting us one step further towards our goal – we’re passionate about our safety containers and the human and environmental impact they have in healthcare environments, not about the waste that goes inside them. We will do our best to give you great pricing, we will work with you to determine exactly how many pickups you will need based on the volume of waste your facility generates, we will recommend the solutions most suited to your facility’s needs, and we will guarantee that our service and our contracts will be simple and consistent.
Waste Streams we manage include:
- RMW / Biohazardous waste disposal
- Biomedical sharps
- Chemotherapy sharps and Trace Chemotherapy waste
- Non-Hazardous and Hazardous pharmaceutical waste
- RCRA Hazardous and Controlled Substances Disposal
We service healthcare facilities of all sizes. Whether you are a family owned dental office, a surgical center, or a hospital, we are commited to providing exceptional service to our partners.
Medical Waste Regulations in Minnesota
- Liquid blood or regulated body fluids from humans or research animals
- Wastes that ill release blood or regulated body fluids when compressed
- Contaminated sharps from human or any animal use
- Live or attenuated human and zoonotic vaccines
- Infectious cultures and contaminated laboratory items used to manipulate those cultures
GUIDE TO MINNESOTA MEDICAL WASTE
We offer innovative solutions for the management of your sharps, pharmaceutical and biohazardous waste, to ensure compliance and give your healthcare facility peace of mind.
Let us take on the responsibility of providing you and your team the most up to date instruction in state and federal regulatory changes and individual facility requirements. Our online compliance portal delivers online training, certification and multi-user access to millions of Material Data Safety Sheets. While our clinical teams help to ensure that your sharps, pharmaceutical, hazardous and biomedical waste is correctly segregated before transportation. Non-compliance is simply not worth the risk.
Daniels Health understands the needs of healthcare facilities in Minnesota. Contact us and see how we can help your facility better manage your medical and biohazardous waste disposal.
Biomedical Waste Bins designed for safety
Sharps or biomedical waste in a cardboard box is simply not safe. Daniels leads the industry in container safety within the patient setting.
For biomedical sharps, regulated medical waste, trace chemotherapy and pharmaceutical waste, much more is required in waste disposal and handling to protect the safety of staff and patients. Daniels Health has worked in US healthcare settings for over 16 years, and it’s first ever customer was in Minnesota! Since this time, Daniels has had its containers featured in some of the most prominent medical journals, has saved thousands of needlestick injuries, and forged a reputation for medical waste solutions that eliminate issues associated with cross-contamination, security risks and the safety of staff and patients. With every container we place in a clinical setting – we at Daniels Health are MAKING HEALTHCARE SAFER.
Sharpsmart. World Leading Sharps Safety Technology
Peer reviewed in four independent studies, clinically proven to reduce needlestick Injuries by up to 87%, and relied on by healthcare facilities around the world, the Sharpsmart system is driven by a single objective – To Save Lives. Designed with 13 safety features, manufactured with needle-impenetrable plastic, a gravity balanced safety tray for risk-free sharps disposal, and a built-in overfill protection mechanism, the Daniels Sharpsmart is the most advanced sharps container system in the world.
Chemosmart, the reusable Chemotherapy container
Stop paying for disposable waste containers.
Did you know that our waste container is the only true reusable container for chemotherapy waste in the United States? The Chemosmart eliminates box and container purchasing and assembly, as well as landfill costs and risks. Our Chemosmart container range has set a new benchmark for safety, and security in oncology settings. Learn More
Be Sustainable, Choose Reusable
99.6% reduction in the amount of plastic landfilled per annum
Upon converting from reusable containers to the Sharpsmart reusable system, one hospital achieved a 28% waste reduction and 84% reduction in carbon emissions across their 103 facilities, achieving a total waste reduction of 3.9 tons of plastic and cardboard waste per 100 beds per annum. Furthermore, a 51% reduction in container exchange labor was achieved by the install of larger Sharpsmart containers that were more suitable to volume requirements.
How We Serve You
Across 6 countries, Daniels has become a brand name synonymous with healthcare innovation and service
In 38 years Daniels have become experts in delivering solutions for the niche requirements of healthcare. Today over 125,000 services are fulfilled annually across the United States by Daniels owned and operated fleet. From small practices to large medical facilities, our scalable business model ensures that every customer receives:
- Timely scheduled services with clear transparent communication
- Minimum disruption to patient care
- Safety and Security underpinning all biohazardous waste handling practices
- A positive and friendly customer experience
- Cost-effective customized solutions that guarantee efficiencies and maximize savings
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