Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs, New York Harbor Health Care System is seeking emergency regulated medical waste and sharps services to prevent impact on patient care and ensure patient and staff safety. The contractor shall provide all labor and materials necessary for the collection and removal of regulated medical waste as well as reusable and disposable sharps exchange services. The services include non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste, gen-ex cartridge waste, empty methadone bottles, pathological waste, and trace-chemotherapeutic waste. The waste shall be processed and disposed of off-site by the contractor at a facility in compliance with all Federal, State, and Local requirements.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Regulated medical waste removal services for three campuses and two outpatient clinics
• Reusable and disposable sharps exchange services
• Compliance with all Federal, State, and Local regulations
• Off-site processing and disposal of waste
• Critical to patient safety and care