According to the CDC, approximately 385,000 needlestick and sharps-related injuries occur each year among healthcare ...

When you give blood to be tested at the doctor’s office, what happens to your sample when the tests are complete? If you have a mole removed at a dermatologist’s office, what happens to it? After your ...

For safety reasons, biohazard waste containers are puncture-resistant. This is particularly important when disposing of ...

The very materials protecting us from COVID-19 infection over the last year could ultimately cause long-term harm to public health and the planet. Growing quietly in the background amid the chaos to ...

Undercover inspections of garbage dumpsters at Kaiser hospitals in the Bay Area, Central Valley and Southern California discovered a lot more than just routine trash bound for the local landfill. They ...

"Can we get the table up?" the surgeon asks as she and her team prepare my patient for her very first c-section. I stumble behind the blue drapes, hurriedly feeling for the cold remote and sliding my ...