Expand Your Services to Become a Veterinary Crematorium

Veterinary crematories and incinerators offer a safe, fast, and responsible solution for safely disposing of animal remains and medical waste. When a veterinary clinic invests in a crematory or incinerator, it can streamline its services with an efficient process that minimizes downtime and takes place on-site for optimal convenience and affordability, allowing it to build an additional revenue stream with pet cremation services. However, it is imperative that clinics follow the laws, regulations, and best practices when it comes to using a veterinary incinerator or crematorium.

Maintaining Best Practices When Using Incinerators in Vet Clinics

Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals are required to follow certain laws and regulations regarding the safe and environmentally friendly disposal of animals. It’s very important to maintain best practices when removing and disposing of animal carcasses and biohazardous medical waste. Here are some tips for following best practices and maintaining the safety of your veterinary office or animal hospital and why your clinic would benefit from a veterinary incinerator.

What is Biohazardous Waste in a Veterinary Clinic or Animal Hospital?

All biohazardous waste that comes from a veterinary clinic or animal hospital must be completely and safely destroyed. In a veterinary clinic or animal hospital, biohazardous waste includes solid waste, such as towels, linens, swabs, gauze, bandages, and table drapings; sharps, including needles, scalpels, lancets, and slides; and pathological waste, including tissue, body parts, and byproducts from surgeries and biopsies. Our veterinary incinerators are built to handle the disposal of all of these biohazardous wastes safely for your facility.

What Happens if You Don’t Dispose of Waste Properly?

There are several organizations that monitor and regulate the safe and correct disposal of biohazardous waste from veterinary clinics and animal hospitals:

• Environmental Protection Agency 
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
• National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health 
• Department of Transportation 
• State Environmental Agencies: Each state has its own environmental protection agency that sets and enforces regulations for biohazardous waste disposal. In Minnesota, this is the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).

Proper disposal of medical waste is crucial for ensuring health and safety, environmental protection, legal compliance, and maintaining the trust and confidence of clients.

Save Time and Money

Proper disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous veterinary waste should be quick and easy. Everyday tasks like veterinary surgery, vaccinations, and dental work create a large volume of waste that must be disposed of in accordance with local and federal laws. A veterinary incinerator ensures you’re in compliance with these laws and are completely disposing of biological material and veterinary waste that could present a public health and safety issue if retained. Wendy at Mankato Pet Cremation explains why she chose the P16 SC4 Cremator,

“The feature I like the best about the P16 SC4 is the ground level clean-out door and the long-handle tool to remove the remains. It makes clean out very quick and easy.”

Wendy, Mankato Pet Cremation

There are several different models of large and small veterinary incinerators and pet crematories available to accommodate various types of animal-related businesses, offering a range of choices when it comes to the proper disposal of animal remains. With models that satisfy animal cremation requirements from solids to liquid with varying volumes, capacities, and advanced features, our veterinary incinerators and crematories are designed for both animal carcass and medical waste disposal needs.

1. Ethical and Practical Disposal of Animal Remains: Firelake features several models designed to handle animal cremation requirements from solids to liquids, a range in capacity and volume, automatic controls, and more.
2. Proper Disposal of Medical Waste: Reliable medical waste disposal solutions tailored to the unique needs of veterinary facilities allow for the disposal of medical waste on-site. Designed specifically for the incineration of surgical, lab, and medical waste, as well as animal remains, Firelake Manufacturing offers several choices in complete incineration systems.
3. Pet Cremation Services: When animal mortality management is part of your daily operations, you need an affordable cremation solution that will demand fewer resources, less staff time, and require no third-party services. Plus, adding pet cremation services creates an additional revenue stream to your existing business. If you haven’t added pet cremation services to your veterinarian services yet, learn more about how to start a pet cremation business.
4. Lower Operating Costs: Firelake crematories feature automatic controls, making them easy to operate for anyone on your staff. They are cost-effective and simple to maintain. It’s our goal to provide crematories to help you meet and exceed industry regulations, lower your operating costs, and heighten efficiencies.

The proper disposal of bio-medical waste in accordance with local laws can be time-consuming and expensive. Having a veterinary incinerator onsite will end up saving you time, money, and stress in the long term. The money you save can be re-invested into your veterinary practice, allowing you to expand your services and reach throughout the community.

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