SaniWaste System - Single Use, Human Waste Disposal System

The SaniWaste sanitary waste disposal system is the first step towards improving human waste management practices and reducing the risk of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) in Australian and New Zealand hospitals. SaniWaste offers a range of single use, disposable bedpans, urinals, kidney dishes, slipper pans and bowls that are used in conjunction with the SaniWaste macerator.

The SaniWaste system offers an alternative to conventional bedpan washer systems and provides additional benefits for patients, staff and the hospital alike.

Breaking the infection cycle - reducing the risk of hospital acquired infections (HAIs)

Hospital acquired infections are of serious concern to hospital staff and patients, between 5% and 10% of patients acquire an infection during their admission.¹

Research indicates that infections have “been attributed to contamination from rectal thermometers, bedpans and hospital beds ”² and more recently that “ward - Washer Disinfectors did not adequately inactivate C. difficile spores even when the installation problems were corrected and the manufacturer-adjusted maximal thermal conditions were used.”³

The SaniWaste system utilises single use, disposable bedpans and urinals in conjunction with the macerator system, breaking this infection cycle, and eliminating the potential for cross-infection.

Macerator process – disposable bedpan system

The SaniWaste receptacles are made from environmentally friendly, 100% bio-degradable Australian newspapers that once placed in the macerator system, are reduced to a fine slurry which is discharged directly into the sewerage system. The macerator system can process up to four items per cycle and provides for significant water and electricity savings over conventional bedpan washer systems.

Advantages of the Saniwaste system

• Electricity and water savings
• The macerator uses only cold water to dispose of both the waste and receptacle
• More receptacles can be processed at once, with less time spent on each cycle than conventional bedpan washers
• Maintenance of temperaure monitoring and hot water systems is eliminated
• Health care workers are not exposed to potential 'splash back' and airborne particles during the emptying process
• Patients are provided with a clean, single use, disposable receptacle everytime
• Receptacles are designed to provide superior patient comfort

1.Spelman, DW, Hospital Acquired Infections. MJA 2002; 176: 286-291 © copyright 2002. The medical Journal of Australia - reproduced with permission.

2.Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE): Resource Package No.11, 2007, Infection Prevention Control Unit, South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service.

3.Alfa MJ, et al, Simulated-use testing of bedpan and urinal washer disinfectors: evaluation of Clostridium difficile spore survival and cleaning efficacy. American Journal of Infection Control, 2008 Feb; 36(1):5-11