ABOUT AMW

Arizona Medical Waste . Sterilization Process


The facility is licensed and approved by the an ADEQ approved disposal to insure the safe handling, transport and processing of biohazardous medical waste.

Our autoclave process heats medical waste to 295 degrees at a pressure of 50 pounds per square inch to ensure that all infectious pathogens are destroyed.

The ADEQ conducts regular site inspections to review the facility and the autoclave process to ensure the Sterilization Process. The strict compliance standards that have been maintained at the facility have resulted in zero ADEQ violations.Here’s how our Medical Waste. Process works:

At the end of the route all waste is brought back to the processing plant.


Materials are placed in the autoclave, where a process of heat, pressure and steam sterilize the medical waste

All reusable containers are then sanitized through a High Heat wash with a disinfectant solution and ready for reuse

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