He says that he is not taken seriously when he raises the issue of how healthcare staff handle hazardous and infected waste.
- The reaction becomes more "little old man", or that you hear them start laughing behind your back when you leave, says Fredrik Lindström.
- It is outrageous if it is how he experiences it.
That he was treated that way is not okay.
It is not acceptable, says Johan Kaarme, director of health and medical care in the Gävleborg region.
Tightly regulated
The Gävleborg region has increased its infectious waste second most in the country in 2020, and it is Fredrik and his colleagues who ensure that all waste comes from the departments, on to destruction.
Despite the fact that the handling of infectious waste is regulated by extensive regulations and general advice both in terms of storage, labeling and transport, Fredrik Lindström says that the handling from healthcare on a daily basis is deficient.
He is tired of the healthcare system exposing him and his colleagues to unnecessary danger.
Not heard of further problems
The director of health and medical care says that he is aware that there were problems with the handling of hazardous waste this spring.
- Handling infectious waste in healthcare is nothing new, so we should be able to handle this.
The amount has increased, of course.
But we have to make it anyway.
I know it was a problem last spring, but that it continues to be a problem I have not heard of.
In the clip, Fredrik Lindström shows how containers with infected waste are incorrectly marked, and how the infected waste has been handled by healthcare in Gävleborg.