Real cause for concern in infection control.
All these new regulations are going to cost hospitals millions of dollars per year to comply. If we could get the doctors and nurses to just wash their hands after each procedure and to keep our hospitals cleaner (with more staff), we could accomplish a lot toward getting us out of all these new regulations. To finish, here is something for you to think about. To my knowledge (reported to APIC at its national meeting), there has been only one case of hospital acquired infection of record in the last 20 years related to the handling of infectious waste.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration; D014866:Waste Products