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WALSH INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS Inc. (Walsh) is a multifunctional supplier of environmental services and technologies to the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) markets in Canada and the United States. Walsh helps hospitals and other private and public sector organizations achieve their environmental and cost reduction objectives.

Waste disposal costs money. Misdirected waste disposal can cost even more -- up to 60% more in the case of some hospitals where waste stream audits reveal too many instances of pizza boxes, and clean gloves casually tossed into red bags intended for biomedical waste.

Healthcare professionals are acutely aware of the importance of segregating sharps and Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) from regular trash (solid waste)... primarily for health and safety reasons. However, economic reasons are just as compelling. Consider that solid waste disposal costs anywhere from 1 to 5 cents a pound, and red bag disposal costs 20 to 50 cents a pound. Every misdirected toss of paper, packaging and IV bags adds up to a huge and unnecessary expense.

Over the last 5 years, Walsh Environmental has performed hundreds of medical waste audits. These have revealed that in most hospitals, those expensive-to-dispose-of red bags actually contain as much as 60% solid waste... paper, packaging material, disposable cups, non-bloody gowns and gloves. The Walsh Waste Tracker system has helped hospitals remedy the situation and has saved 35% to 50% and more on their disposal costs.

The Waste Tracker is a waste management system designed specifically for hospitals. Developed in 1994 by Walsh Integrated Environmental Systems Inc., The Waste Tracker System is a cutting edge computerized monitoring program that allows hospitals to audit and control in-house waste handling for maximum efficiency.

The core technology is a palm-top computer with an integrated digital camera that is used to store visual and written records of misdirected waste or potentially dangerous disposal practices. It is pre-programmed for easy data entry via a touch screen. Reports and emails are automatically generated and sent out to responsible parties. An email with a color photo of trash in the red bag waste, or a loose needle in the trash gets people's attention pretty fast!

A key component of the Waste Tracker System is our In Service and Support Program, which teaches and promotes safe disposal practices. In-service sessions are part of a comprehensive marketing and support program designed to sensitize every person who generates or handles Regulated Medical Waste.

Walsh also offers quality assurance programs in the healthcare and construction industries. Auditing the cleanliness of a facilty, safety of a facility or construction site.

The Walsh Quality Support System QSS is a handheld based quality assurance program used by hospitals Environmental Management/Housekeeping departments to inspect the cleanliness of their facility. All information is collected on a handheld computer, photos, notes and comments are recorded and data is instaneously sent via the web to be accessed through a secure Internet connection to view, print, and/or e-mail repair requisitions, reports and graphs, or maintain the facilitys database.

The Walsh Safety Management System SMS enables one to control and improve facility safety. Using Walshs handheld SMS gives users the power to accurately record and track issues and infractions and follow them to a quick conclusion.

Walshs Administrative Rounds Tracker ART is a group tool used by the Administrative rounds team or Environmental rounds team. Using handheld PCs and centralized reporting, Admin rounds process will be faster and more efficient. The Walshs handheld Administrative Rounds Tracker (ART) allows users to accurately record and track issues and infractions and follow them to a quick conclusion.

The Walsh Safety Leader is a computer program that tracks and reports on safety issues and compliance on construction job sites. Safety Leader is based around OSHA code 1926 and is used by Construction Management firms, Multi-Nationals, and Contractors to reduce accidents and facilitate reporting and compliance.

Company Information

Additional Details

Legal Name: Walsh Integrated Environmental Systems

Number of Employees: 6

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Services

• Environmental Consultant - Chemical/Physical Waste Treatment Plants
• Environmental Consultant - Consulting
• Environmental Consultant - Engineering Design/Specifications
• Environmental Consultant - Environmental Audits
• Environmental Consultant - Equipment Or Instrument Development
• Environmental Consultant - Facility/Equipment Operation
• Environmental Consultant - Hazardous Waste-biochemical
• Environmental Consultant - Hazardous Waste-chemical
• Environmental Consultant - Industrial Wastewater/Sludge
• Environmental Consultant - Industry-chemicals
• Environmental Consultant - Industry-pulp And Paper
• Environmental Consultant - Recycling Plant-paper And Paperboard
• Environmental Consultant - Regulations And Standards Consulting
• Environmental Consultant - Research
• Environmental Consultant - Socioeconomic Studies
• Environmental Consultant - Systems Modelling Or Design
• Environmental Consultant - Training And Education
• Environmental Consultant - Waste Handling-other Hazardous Waste
• Environmental Consultant - Waste Reduction And Recycling
• Environmental Consultant - Waste Transport And Disposal
• Environmental Consultant - Waste Treatment
• The Walsh Administrative Rounds Tracker

  The Walshs Administrative Rounds Tracker is a team based system that helps manage the distributed responsibilities and complex relationships of Admin Rounds. The benefits include:

  -Each discipline manages their own, unique expert system Housekeeping/EVS Safety Nursing Infection Control Dietary Material Management Other disciplines

  -Centralized data is:

  managed independently always up to date automatically rolled up for comparisons, trends & reporting

  -Interactive graphs provide instant and powerful access to information

  -Corrections and responses are tracked automatically

  -All data is password protected and securely stored

• The Walsh Quality Support System

  The Walsh Quality Support System is used to audit the quality of any room, lab, or clinical area in a hospital or clinic. It is the most effective way to meet Housekeeping management needs. The benefits include:

  Inspection -Use Walshs handheld PC to replace paper-based room quality evaluations -Electronic format means an end to hours of data entry -Access all cleaning standards on screen, any time -Generate and send repair requisitions with digital photographs instantaneously via email

  Reporting -Produce periodic performance summaries -Instantly track repair requisitions and completions -Produce graphs and reports for each cleaning task

  Evaluation -Review performance and trends by Housekeeper, Supervisor or Unit -View performance reports for each cleaning task

  Training -Show procedures and standards on screen -Play training videos on the handheld when and where needed

  Support Centralize all support information for easy access and updating

• The Walsh Safety Management System

  The Walshs Safety Management System is used to control and improve facility safety. It gives one the power to accurately record and track issues and infractions and follow them to a quick conclusion. The benefits include:

  -Single source entry of infractions, work requests, and other issues. -instant access to all data via interactive graphs and reports automatic tracking of work, corrections, and responses secure storage of all records.

• The Walsh Site Safety Inspector

  Walshs Site Safety Inspector is a systems based approach that allows one to review job sites, workers and contractors, report safety issues and improve safety with monitoring, training and feedback. The benefits include:

  Inspection - Quickly and accurately inspect the safety of any job site with built in expert system and digital camera.

  Reporting - Generate and print daily reports with digital photographs instantaneously, or send via e-mail. Easily produce project reports.

  Transactions are sorted based upon their severity and the response time of those involved.

  Evaluation - Accurately evaluate performance of individual contractors by safety issue and response time.

  Support Centralize all of your data for instant updating, easy access & secure storage.

• The Walsh Waste Auditor

  The Waste Auditor provides a picture of a hospital's waste management system. This allows management to see how an implemented system is working or where improvements can be made, where in-service is required or where potential problems are.

Products

• Environmental Products And Services
• The Walsh Waste Tracker And The The Walsh Waste Auditor.

  A waste management system that utilizes hand-held computers to reduce biomedical waste volume, costs, and health hazards. Benefits of The Waste Tracker: cut hospital expenses without reducing services; reduce 30% to 50% of cost of red bag disposal, through improved segregation see substantial savings quickly with (no risk Guarantee); reduces costs of autoclaving, incineration, microwaving, etc, whether in-house or external; develop and maintain a superior Waste Management program; know where to focus (In-Service) and training programs; reduce potential of sharp wounds and resulting HIV or Hepatitis; reduce your own liability by showing due diligence in tracking and rectifying safety infractions; automatically notify producers when they are contravening hospital's red bag regulations; eliminate possibility of overbilling for hauling and disposal; Track each source's red bag quality and costs, monitor improvements and ongoing problems; keep accurate and detailed records with little effort; provide clean and easy audit trails for regulatory or JCAHO inspectors.

  Features of The Waste Tracker: Simple, robust system, designed for use by housekeepers; Installed to match your waste production and collection processes; Guaranteed payback within 3 years (usually 12 to 18 months) monitor and rectify non-biomedical waste in the biomedical waste stream; Calculate precise amount of internal overspending from contamination paper, cardboard, regular waste, etc.; Automatically print personalized reports on dangerous wasteproduction (exposed sharps, leaking blood, etc.) within minutes of the event, and even levy fines; Determine precise cost for each waste generator and even print invoices; Also manage your regular waste, and all of your recyclingstreams, including costs, revenues, and performance rates by source Instantly produce upper management reports such as executive summaries, roll-up reports and variance reports; Print shipping manifests automatically.

  The Walsh Waste Auditor The Waste Auditor provides a picture of a hospital's waste management system. This allows management to see how an implemented system is working or where improvements can be made, where in-service is required or where potential problems are.

• Waste Tracker

NAICS Categories

• 334110 Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
• 541510 Computer Systems Design and Related Services
• 541620 Environmental Consulting Services

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