Hazardous Waste Management, known as HWM, is real-time tracking and reporting of the hazardous waste checks that occur in the locations around your facility.
Check the status of a location in the facility to see when it was last checked, and the status of the tasks assigned. See an image and timestamp of the check. Monitor for “UnSat” checks to spot areas that need attention.
HWM is a great way to manage the hazardous waste checks happening around the facility. With images and timestamps, it offers a great paper trail and auditability.
HWM Specific Terminology
- Check: A “Check” occurs when the barcode, or qr code, is scanned. This is generally in a location in the facility where the hazardous waste check needs to take place. Areas such as Operating Rooms, Patient Rooms, or Labs would all be examples of “Check”s. A “Check” will almost always have more than one “Task” assigned to it. Each “Check” can have up to 40 “Task”s assigned to it.
- Task: A “Task” is the item, or task, that is to be checked in the location. Essentially, the tasks are the checklist to be done during each check. For example, within a Patient Room, you may have a task for “Bio”, another for “Sharps”, and another for “Restroom”. A “Check” can have up to 40 “Task”s assigned to it.
- Zone: The “Zone” the area, or section, of the facility where the Check will occur. This reporting feature can be useful when grouping tasks and locations based on a wing of a hospital, for example.
- Location: The Location is the name of the room, or area, where the check is to take place. Some Location examples would be “OR Room 1”, “Pediatrics Bays”, or “Surgery/Trauma”.
