MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
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1. A medical waste management system comprising:
- a control subsystem including;
a plurality of local control units, each unit including command and control hardware,software, routines, and protocols, andcommunication hardware, software, routines, and protocols,a distribution subsystem including;
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(1) a plurality of warehouse facilities having inventory control and management equipment, routines and protocols, each warehousing facility including at least;
(a) a local command and control unit, (b) deployable waste management kits or units, and (c) sufficient inventory to prepare a desired number of deployable kits and to update deployable kits, and(2) asset distribution equipment, routines and protocolsa tracking subsystem including;
hardware and software for tracking kits in the warehouse facilities and/or kits distributed to emergency or non-emergency sitesa retrieval subsystem includingretrieval equipment, routines and protocols, anda disposal subsystem including;
disposal equipment, routines and protocols for disposing of any type of medical wastes.
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Abstract
A comprehensive medical waste management system for establishing and maintaining medical waste preparedness and cradle to grave asset management in the event of non-emergency and emergency situations is disclosed, where the system includes at least: a central control subsystem, a warehousing subsystem, a distribution subsystem, a tracking subsystem, a retrieval subsystem, and a disposal subsystem, and methods for making and using same.
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1. A medical waste management system comprising:
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a control subsystem including; a plurality of local control units, each unit including command and control hardware, software, routines, and protocols, and communication hardware, software, routines, and protocols, a distribution subsystem including; at least;
(1) a plurality of warehouse facilities having inventory control and management equipment, routines and protocols, each warehousing facility including at least;
(a) a local command and control unit, (b) deployable waste management kits or units, and (c) sufficient inventory to prepare a desired number of deployable kits and to update deployable kits, and(2) asset distribution equipment, routines and protocols a tracking subsystem including; hardware and software for tracking kits in the warehouse facilities and/or kits distributed to emergency or non-emergency sites a retrieval subsystem including retrieval equipment, routines and protocols, and a disposal subsystem including; disposal equipment, routines and protocols for disposing of any type of medical wastes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A medical waste management system comprising:
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a control subsystem including a central control unit and a plurality of local control units, each control unit includes command and control hardware, software, routines, and protocols and communication hardware, software, routines, and protocols; a distribution subsystem including (1) a plurality of warehouse facilities having inventory control and management equipment, routines and protocols, and (2) asset distribution equipment, routines and protocols, each warehousing facility including;
(a) a local command and control unit, (b) deployable waste management kits, and (c) sufficient inventory to prepare a desired number of deployable kits and to update deployable kits or units. Each warehousing facility can also include;
(d) a kit preparation area, (e) an inventor storage area, (f) a kit storage area, and (g) a kit deployment or distribution area,a tracking subsystem including hardware and software for tracking kits in the warehouse facilities and/or kits distributed to emergency or non-emergency sites and optionally active and/or passive tag technology to track kits and/or items in each of the kits; a retrieval subsystem including retrieval equipment, routines and protocols and optionally retrieval equipment, routines and protocols designed and authorized to handle various classifications of medical waste; and a disposal subsystem including disposal equipment, routines and protocols for disposing of any type of medical wastes and optionally disposal equipment, routines and protocols designed and authorized to handle various classifications of medical waste.
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8. A method for implementing and using medical waste management system comprising the step of:
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providing a control subsystem adapted to manage assets, warehouse assets, distribute asset, and collect and dispose of used assets, locally or collectively, warehousing medical waste management system assets in one warehouse facility or a plurality of warehouse facilities including the steps of; preparing deployable medical waste kits, storing deployable medical waste kits, and maintaining deployable medical waste kits; in the event of a non-emergency or emergency situation or a plurality of non-emergency or emergency situations, distributing deployable medical waste kits via deployment transportation assets to one or more sites associated with the non-emergency or emergency local or non-emergency or emergency locals based on a deployment order or request, which specifies the number of kits needed, the location for delivery, and the type of kits needed, where the distributing step is adapted to distribute an effective number of warehoused deployable medical waste kits from one or more of the warehouse facilities to one site or a plurality of sites at each emergency or non-emergency local, where the number of deployable medical waste kits is sufficient to collect and temporarily store an amount of generated medical waste based the order or request and any subsequent orders; retrieving the on-site medical waste via retrieval transportation assets and transporting the on-site medical waste to one or a plurality of disposal facilities; disposing of the retrieved medical waste in one or more of the disposal facilities, where the disposal facilities are adapted to depose of all retrieved medical waste tracking all deployed medical waste kits. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for implementing and using a medical waste management system comprising the step of:
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providing a control subsystem including a central control unit and a plurality of local control units, where the central control unit is adapted to control the management of all assets, management of the warehousing of all medical waste management system (MWMS) assets, management of the distribution of all MWMS assets, management of the retrieval of all used MWMS assets, management of disposal of all retrieved MWMS assets, and optionally management of the tracking of all MWMS assets and where the local control units are adapted to manage local MWMS assets, manage warehousing of local MWMS assets, manage distribution of local MWMS assets, manage local retrieval of used MWMS assets, manage local disposal of retrieved MWMS assets and optionally manage local tracking MWMS assets; warehousing medical waste management assets in one warehouse facility or a plurality of warehouse facilities including the steps of; preparing deployable medical waste system kits, storing deployable medical waste system kits, and maintaining deployable medical waste system kits; in the event of a non-emergency or emergency situation or a plurality of non-emergency or emergency situations, distributing deployable medical waste kits via deployment transportation assets to one or more sites associated with a non-emergency or emergency local or non-emergency or emergency locals based on a deployment order or request, where the distributing step is adapted to distribute an effective number of warehoused deployable medical waste kits from one or more of the warehouse facilities to one site or a plurality of sites at each emergency or non-emergency local, where the number of deployable medical waste kits is sufficient to collect and temporarily store an amount of generated medical waste based the order or request and any subsequent orders; retrieving the collected and stored on-site medical waste via retrieval transportation assets and transporting the collected medical waste to one or more disposal facilities; disposing of the retrieved medical waste in one or more of the disposal facilities, where the disposal facilities are adapted to depose of all retrieved medical waste tracking all deployed medical waste kits, - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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