Parham Doctors’ Hospital, a campus of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, is a 200-bed facility offering medical and surgical programs located in Richmond, Va. The award-winning facility has been named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for the last nine years by Healthgrades. The hospital sees about 95 patients per day, but currently utilizes a random and inconsistent assortment of containers and brands for their waste management needs. Each hospital room has about 12-15 people interacting with the waste container each day, with some containers not having proper lids or capacity by OSHA and OBRA standards. On a typical day, containers are emptied two to three times and the majority of cans are compact enough to fit underneath the sink. Daniel Nielsen, director of EVS/PBS at Parham Doctors’ Hospit

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