Take our complimentary Medical Waste Program Assessment to evaluate your current medical waste program, vendor performance, and operational efficiency. In just a few minutes, you’ll gain valuable insight into how effectively your current program supports your facility.
Medical waste management is often viewed as a routine operational task-something that simply happens in the background.
As long as waste is collected on schedule, many healthcare facilities assume everything is working as it should. However, an effective medical waste program involves much more than scheduled pickups. Vendor responsiveness, documentation accessibility, communication, operational efficiency, and overall program management all contribute to a successful program.
The Keystone Medical Waste Program AssessmentTM was developed to help healthcare facilities take a fresh look at these important operational areas and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce administrative burden, and strengthen their partnership with their current provider.
Whether you’ve been with your current provider for six months or six years, it’s valuable to periodically evaluate whether your medical waste program is meeting your facility’s evolving needs.
This assessment helps you objectively evaluate key aspects of your program without requiring an on-site visit or disrupting your daily operations.
By completing the assessment, you can:
The assessment reviews six areas that influence the overall effectiveness of your medical waste program:
Is your overall medical waste program organized, efficient, and easy to manage?
Do employees understand your facility's medical waste procedures and know where to turn when questions arise?
How effectively does your provider respond to questions, service requests, and changing operational needs?
Are manifests, shipping papers, and service documentation organized and easy to access when needed?
Does your current pickup schedule and container configuration effectively support your day-to-day operations?
Once submitted, your responses are reviewed using Keystone’s Program Effectiveness Framework. You’ll receive:
Your overall Program Effectiveness Rating
A summary of your assessment results
Observations regarding your current medical waste program
Practical recommendations that may help improve operational efficiency
A Keystone Medical Waste Specialist can also walk through your results and answer questions about industry best practices and medical waste program management.
This assessment was developed for professionals responsible for managing healthcare facility operations, including:
