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| sanitation are two extremely important aspects of | | | | polyethylene bag ensures that health codes are |
| your job. From drawing blood to cleaning up after | | | | upheld even in a patient is not able to reach a |
| accidents to transporting specimens to the lab, | | | | restroom in time. These are used most often for |
| upholding regulations set forth by the FDA and other | | | | outpatient surgeries, oncology treatments, and |
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| in hospital settings help you keep up with the various | | | | to ensure patients with latex allergies do not have an |
| health codes. | | | | allergic reaction. |
| When a patient checks in, many hospitals provide a | | | | "RED Bags" or bio-hazard bags are used by the |
| sterile "patient's belongings" bag to keep the | | | | health care industry on a daily basis and hospitals can |
| contamination of germs in check. Bags are closed | | | | switch these out every hour if needed. Bags are |
| with either a drawstring or snap or a tamper evident | | | | extra sturdy for handling infectious waste or other |
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| hospital, your check in and check out patient rate can | | | | setting, these bags ensure that waste is disposed of |
| be particularly high, making it possible to go through | | | | properly as RED Bags are not used for normal trash |
| up to or exceeding one hundred bags a days. The | | | | items. |
| bags are important to have in order to clearly identify | | | | When you have to use these poly bags on a daily |
| and secure all patients' personal belongings. | | | | basis, keeping up with your supply can become |
| When drawing blood or plasma or when taking a | | | | expensive unless you are purchasing them from a |
| stool sample for lab work, busy hospitals can go | | | | wholesale supplier. It's important that your distributor |
| through hundreds of specimen transport bags in a | | | | ensures FDA regulations are followed on all products |
| day. When vials of blood are drawn from a patient | | | | in order for your hospital to adhere to the rules and |
| and transported to at least two different labs, two | | | | regulations set forth by the medical industry. |
| bags are used for just one patient. Specimen | | | | In a tight economy, being a frugal shopper is |
| transport bags are clearly labeled and usually consist | | | | important yet you don't want to sacrifice quality for |
| of two or three mil thickness for secure and leak | | | | quantity. You need them on a daily basis and can go |
| proof handling. You can also get bags with two or | | | | through hundreds in a day so they can get expensive |
| three wall thickness for transportation of paperwork | | | | depending upon where you purchase them from. The |
| along with the specimen in order to keep them | | | | next time you are restocking these important health |
| separated yet assuring they are received by the lab | | | | care supplies, consider Miller Poly Bags. Their prices will |
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| Another hospital bag that is needed on a daily basis is | | | | plastic bags. |
| a patient sickness bag. Due to the highly sensitive | | | | |