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How
it Works
The
sharps are either:
(a) Dropped directly into
the locked Teflon-lined metal container, called the transporter which
has a clear safety tube at the top for inserting the medical waste. When
the machine’s container is filled with waste
to the indicated line, a few inexpensive special high temperature
plastic discs are placed in the transporter.
or
(b)
Dropped into disposable sharps containers When the disposable
container's contents reaches the designated fill line, it is capped,
locked and placed in the machine and one inexpensive indicator
disc is added.
The
machince is locked and switched on. During
processing the waste and the machine's container are sterilized at very
high
temperature. Only at this very high temperature will the discs melt and
encapsulate the waste, which will already have been physically
destroyed by the heat. The plastic discs are not only the encapsulating
medium but are also a bio-physical indicator that sterilization and
destruction has occurred. The final result is a sterile unrecognizable
amorphous block which has reduced in size by
approximately
75% during sterization and encapsulation. This resultant block
is
non-regulated waste and can be disposed of in the regular trash
receptacle.
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