Colour coding for safe waste disposal June 1st 2010 Kennedy Hygiene Products
launched the MEDINA medical
bin at Interclean as the
latest addition to its
waste disposal unit
range.
The brightly coloured
MEDINA bin will be
available in two colour
options – yellow/black
and yellow throughout.
The colours have been
selected in order to comply with
UK colour coding for segregation
of healthcare waste as
recommended in the 2006
healthcare memorandum.
Yellow/black units are for
disposal of hygiene/offensive
waste, all yellow units are for use
with medical waste which must
be incinerated.
Some
establishments have
already started to
implement the colour
coding system. It is not
yet a legal
requirement but it is
expected that the new
system will gradually
be introduced and
may eventually be enforced.
The unit has a large 50L waste
holding capacity. Pedal operated,
it features a removable hygienic
bin – which can be removed for
cleaning – and a modesty flap. More articles from Kennedy Hygiene Products Ltd: |