173.197
Section §173.197: Regulated medical waste
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Interpretation Responses
Ref ID | Date | Company Name | Individual Name | Response Document |
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23-0082 | The University of Alabama at Birmingham | Justin Roth | View | |
22-0070 | Scopelitis, Gavin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C. | Mr. Timothy W. Wiseman | View | |
17-0041 | WNWN International | Mr. Ed Krisiunas | View | |
12-0247 | Curtis Bay Energy | Mr. Edward Petrullo | View | |
00-0296 | Hospitec | Mr. Christopher Hahn | View | |
07-0140 | Advanced Chemcial Transports, Inc. | Mr. James A. Castrodale, Jr | View | |
03-0094 | Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc. | Ms. Nadine Helm | View | |
01-0201 | Rubbermaid Commercial Products | Mr. Michael A. Roby | View | |
11-0261 | Mr. Aaron Hackman | View | ||
08-0035 | BD Medical - Medical Surgical Systems | Mr. Lane Arbittier | View | |
06-0139 | Solutions, Inc. | Mr. Victor Anderson | View | |
08-0247 | Henry Ford Hospital | Ms. Carolie Horvath | View | |
02-0222 | Solutions, Inc. | Victor B. Anderson | View | |
05-0006 | Pro-Pack Testing Laboratory, Inc. | Mr. Manuel Rosa | View | |
04-0279 | Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. | Mr. Terry Grimmond | View | |
02-0244 | Environmental Resource Center | Pretlo V. Knight | View | |
02-0270 | Information From Science, LLC | Ira F. Salkin, Ph.D., F(AAM) | View | |
06-0229 | National Headquarters | Mr. Michael I. Gorman | View | |
15-0152 | DiSorb Systems, Inc | Mr. Ted McLaughlin | View | |
09-0043 | Otto Environmental Systems | Mr. Rob Ellis | View | |
07-0094 | MTS Medical Waste Management | Mr. Edward Petrullo | View | |
09-0062 | Container-Quinn Testing Laboratories, Inc. | Mr. Stephen C. Powell | View | |
00-0091 | Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC | Mr. Michael A. Roby | View | |
02-0021 | Sharps Compliance | Edward Krisiunas, MT (ASCP), CIC, MPH | View | |
16-0044 | Hall, Render, Killiam, Heath & Lyman, PC | Ms. Amy Berenbaum Goodman | View | |
06-0007 | Medical Waste Solutions, Inc. | Mr. Russell A. Karlins | View | |
02-0303 | Health Care Waste Services | Joseph Orlando | View | |
03-0265 | The Daniels Corporation | Ms. Terry Grimmond | View |