Working inside the four walls of healthcare

At Sharpsmart we drive change and value in clinical waste management by working alongside hospital and clinical staff within customer facilities. Through training, waste collection mapping and process improvement within the four walls, we directly influence safety, alter segregation behaviours, enhance efficiencies and drive substantial cost benefits for our customers.

Waste companies focus their attention on the waste compound where waste is picked up. The problem with this approach is that by the time waste gets to the compound, it’s too late to make any changes to costs, sustainability or staff wellbeing. Poor segregation or incorrect disposal of waste has already happened, injuries have already occurred, and the costs of labour, storage and over-categorised waste has already been expended. We start within the four walls of your facility to drive new behaviours that positively influence what gets picked up at the compound.

Prior to commencement of our partnership, Sharpsmart will undertake a review of your current waste plan and disposal trends to understand where there are potential gaps and opportunities for improvement related to your waste management procedures. In partnership with you, we develop a KPI strategy plan that will benchmark our service performance in delivering outcomes across the full spectrum of healthcare needs; safety, sustainability, efficiency, compliance and education.
 

Sharpsmart’s premium range of clinically designed safety products, segregation and training tools, and waste reduction services will deliver integrated value at point-of-care. Our ownership extends to the streamlining of waste stream movement, optimisation of waste storage areas, implementation of best-practice disposal and recycling options and introduction of strategies to reduce overall waste volumes.

 

Following identification of your KPI’s and contracted products and services, We will develop a bespoke training and education program designed to improve the competencies of clinical and portering staff in compliant waste segregation, safe handling methodologies and infection control. Our blended learning education methods ensure staff competency is achieved whilst minimising the time that healthcare workers are away from patient care.

 

Through our Partnership, we are committed to consistently validating our performance in line with the 5-needs of healthcare waste management. Through regular onsite department-level checks, audits, training and corrective action planning, we ensure that our services deliver against our mutually agreed KPI’s.
 

 

Following consistent compilation of audit data and contract performance (related to the 5 needs KPI’s from step 2), a review meeting will take place each quarter with key department leads to discuss and agree the strategy for the following quarter. Through this process, we ensure continual alignment of our goals and a clear understanding of performance.  

 

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