title: Waste disposal tangled by liability and conflicting regulations.
abstract: In this issue HMM examines the problem of trash disposal. What are hospitals doing with their wastes? In many areas landfills are either running out of space or increasingly unwilling to accept hospital wastes. The next HMM Price Exclusive will survey the prices materials managers are paying for wound closures. Read the next HMM Price Exclusive and see what kinds of contracts and deals materials managers are getting for these important supplies.
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008506:Medical Waste; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000592:standards*; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency; D014866:Waste Products