Medical waste pick up & disposal

Added: Aug 24, 2016 11:56 am This purpose of this synopsis is to notify potential vendors of a requirement that the Lexington Kentucky VA Medical Center has. A contractor is needed to provide all labor, packaging, collection, removal, transportation, equipment, supplies and services for pickup, disposal and treatment of biohazardous infectious waste in accordance with local State, Federal and EPA solid and hazardous waste laws and regulations. There are six pick up locations for medical waste at the Lexington VA Medical Center.
Approximately 50,000 pounds of medical/hazardous waste will be accumulated annually and require removal. The common types of waste including regulated medical waste, which must be disposed of are:
a) Blood and blood products
b) Dialysis waste
c) Animal tissues, body parts and carcasses
d) Human tissues, body parts and limbs
e) Animal bedding
f) Biological and pharmaceuticals
g) Research waste
h) Laboratory specimens
i) Needles, syringes, and other sharps
j) Pathology and histology samples
k) Surgery waste
1) Isolation waste
m) Cultures and slides
n) AIDS and Hepatitis waste
o) Intravenous bags, blood bags and associated tubing
p) Packaging materials, gloves, and gowns associated with waste collection
q) Chemotherapy/ani-neoplastic waste
r) Scintillation fluid (cell/tissue samples w/trace amounts of radioactive H-3 and C-14. Amounts area <.0005 micro curies/2 which is considered non-radioactive by the NRC.


A request for proposal will publicized on www.FBO.gov on or about August 31, 2016.