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MERCI BENEFITS 1991 - 2007
- Decreased Incineration, and/or Land-filling,
and Hauling off site and /or Steam Sterilization, etc poundage
- Decreased Incineration, Land-filling and
Hauling off and Steam Sterilization, etc costs
- Decreased Environmental Risks and
heightened awareness to “environmental” responsibility as well as to the
consequences of poor environmental
practices
- Decrease in Wasteful Practices due to MERCI
audits ( info to management with suggestions for correction of
issues of wasteful abundance resulting in beneficial cost shifting
) * There is no need "ever" for waste
management consultants.
- Assists Humanitarian Benefits ( to missions, United
States Army, rescue squads, Red Cross, Free Clinic, UVASOM and
UVASON, etc……….MERCI supplies have been sent everywhere except the Antarctica
)
- Benefits to the Virginia State Wildlife
Center and SPCA, and etc
- MERCI-like program can be replicated basically at no cost
- Education of healthcare professionals to
medical waste management and hazardous risk issues
- Second time use of clean medical supplies in UVA research
labs
·
MERCI is a Total
Medical Waste Management Program in the Operating Room
·
Sorting of MERCI
supplies provides an educational
opportunity for students
- Eliminates the need for storage of surplus
supplies …….donote to NGOs and take a tax break
“complexity is in the simplicity”…………someone once stated!
Blessings,
Helen French
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