Onet Spain teams on the job to manage infectious risk waste from hospitals

Dedicated teams trained in infectious waste management protocol

The collection and management of infectious waste is subject to strict government protocols, such as ensuring that direct contact with the waste is kept to a minimum. To this end, Onet has provided the hospitals with large-capacity (800-liter) street furniture containers, enabling the bags to be transported and unloaded without ever touching them.

All our operatives are trained in the techniques of the trade, and are provided with appropriate equipment such as visors, giving them greater mobility to carry out their tasks in strict compliance with protocols.  

Adapting and reacting to the increase in bio-sanitary waste

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, teams managed an average of 3.2 tonnes of bio-sanitary waste. Since the start of the health crisis, 12 tonnes of waste have been processed daily, with peaks of up to 14 tonnes.

" In the region's ten largest hospitals, we collect them every day. In the others, every other day," explains Carlos Martínez Téllez, Ciudades Division Manager.

This sharp increase in activity has led our teams to adapt to the specific protocols for infectious waste management. The subsidiary has therefore bolstered its staff by welcoming 14 new drivers and acquiring additional rental trucks.

Secure routing and destruction of contaminated residues

So, in "less than 24 hours", 25 Onet Ciudades agents remove the containers and replace them with new, disinfected, empty ones, and ensure that they are transported to the Medina del Campo and Hibisca processing plants, where they are sterilized, crushed and then transferred to an authorized landfill. They are then buried without any risk of contamination.

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