Whittington Hospital Waste Audit

• Area Audited

• Hospital

  Guy's Hospital

  St. Thomas's Hospital

  Whittington Hospital

  UCLH

  Other

• undefined

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

Sharps/Anatomical/Cytostatic Waste Bins

• Area

• Are the bins being used for the appropriate waste?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Comment

• Have the bins been constructed correctly?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Are the bins labelled/signed correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have they been open for less than three months?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the bins less than 2/3 full?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the bins correctly situated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the temporary closures being used?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Comment

Clinical Bins

• Area

• Does the waste stream contain the correct waste bag as per stream required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the appropriate waste disposed of in this waste stream?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there an appropriate amount of bins in the area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are they correctly situated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the bins overfilled?

  Yes

  No

  NA

• Are the bins soft opening & closing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all signage clear, colour-coded and accurate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do any bins need to be replaced?

  Yes

  No

  NA

Non-Infectious Bins

• Area

• Does the bin contain the correct waste bag as per stream required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the appropriate waste disposed of in this waste stream?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there an appropriate amount of bins in the area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are they correctly situated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the bins overfilled?

  Yes

  No

  NA

• Are the bins soft opening & closing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all signage clear, colour-coded and accurate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do any bins in this area need to be replaced?

  Yes

  No

  NA

Domestic

• Area

• Does the bin contain the correct waste bag as per stream required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the appropriate waste disposed of in this waste stream?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there an appropriate amount of bins in the area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are they correctly situated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the bins overfilled?

  Yes

  No

  NA

• Are bins soft opening and closing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there clear signage on the bin?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do any bins need to be replaced?

  Yes

  No

  NA

• Additional Area

  Off

  On

Mixed Recycling

• Area

• Does the bin contain the correct waste bag as per stream required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the appropriate waste disposed of in this waste stream?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there an appropriate amount of bins in the area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are they correctly situated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the bins overfilled?

  Yes

  No

  NA

• Are bins soft opening and closing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do any bins need to be replaced?

  Yes

  No

  NA

• Is there clear signage on the bin?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Additional Area

  Off

  On

• Was the door locked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the clinical waste bins inside the internal waste room locked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the floor clean and litter free?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the sharps bins stored appropriately?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there clear signage displayed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the bins overfilled?

  Yes

  No

  NA

• Are the waste bags stored in the appropriate bins?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the waste bags tied off?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are clinical waste bags tagged?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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