DEVELOPMENT OF A DISPOSABLE CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE PROCESSING SYSTEM

KLM TECHNOLOGIES PROPOSES A NEW APPROACH TO SELECTED WASTE HANDLING, PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL PROBLEMS, I.E., THE DISPOSAL WASTE PROCESSING SYSTEM. KLM RECOGNIZES THAT HOSPITAL WASTE GENERATORS GENERATE AND TREAT VARIOUS WASTE STREAMS ON A REGULAR BASIS WHICH MAY BE HANDLED BY CONVENTIONAL INSTALLED EQUIPMENT. HOWEVER, INFREQUENT WASTES SUCH AS CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT CONTAMINATED WASTE ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR COST EFFECTIVE AND PROMPT RESPONSE. VARIOUS DOCUMENTS HAVE DEFINED THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH DISPOSAL OF VARIOUS TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS WASTES. THESE PROBLEMS INCLUDE WASTE COLLECTION, PROCESSING, IMMOBILIZATION, AND EVENTUAL DISPOSAL. KLM HAS CAREFULLY EXAMINED THIS PROBLEM AREA AND PROPOSED THE DEVELOPMENT OF "INEXPENSIVE"DISPOSAL SYSTEMS WHICH INCORPORATE ADVANCED UNIT OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY INTO DISPOSAL WASTE CONTAINERS. THIS EFFORT MAY EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROCESSES SUCH AS BEING INCORPORATED INTO DISPOSABLE PROCESS EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS, THE INITIAL EFFORT WILL INVOLVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DISPOSAL SYSTEM. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS BASED UPON KLM'S ADVANCED WASTE CONTAINER TECHNOLOGY, HIGH INTEGRITY CONTAINMENT SYSTEM (HICS), WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING DIFFICULT AND UNIQUE WASTE.