System, method, and device for medical waste tracking

A method comprising:

• receiving, with an opening in a housing of a medical waste tracking device of a plurality of medical waste tracking devices on a same network, a package for a medical device, wherein the opening in the housing of the medical waste tracking device includes a base configured to move to connect the opening to an interior of a receptacle configured to hold medical waste including the package for the medical device and the medical device;
• in response to the package for the medical device being received in the opening, automatically reading, with a sensor of the medical waste tracking device, first identifying information from a first information element encapsulating the first identifying information on the package for the medical device;
• in response to the sensor of the medical waste tracking device reading the first identifying information from the first information element encapsulating the first identifying information on the package, controlling, with at least one processor, the base to move to connect the opening to the interior of the receptacle to deposit the package into the interior of the receptacle, wherein the first identifying information is associated with a first time including a time of deposit of the package into the interior of the receptacle and representing a start of use for the medical device for indwelling treatment of a patient;
• generating, with at least one processor, based on the first identifying information and a current time, a dwell time indicating an amount of time that the medical device is used for treatment of the patient, wherein the dwell time is determined based on a difference between the first time including the time of deposit of the package into the interior of the receptacle and representing the start of use for the medical device for indwelling treatment of the patient and the current time;
• before the medical device is received at one of the plurality of medical waste tracking devices, determining, with at least one processor that the dwell time satisfies a threshold dwell time associated with the medical device, wherein the threshold dwell time corresponds to a dwell-time limit for the medical device based on a time of package disposal to a time of medical device disposal or lack thereof;
• providing, with at least one processor, in response to determining that the dwell time satisfies the threshold dwell time, an alert to a user, wherein the alert includes a recommendation to at least one of remove and replace the medical device that is in use for treatment of the patient;
• in response to the medical device being received at the one of the plurality of medical waste tracking devices, automatically reading, with a corresponding sensor of the one of the plurality of medical waste tracking devices, second identifying information from a second information element encapsulating the second identifying information on the medical device;
• in response to reading the second identifying information from the second information element encapsulating the second identifying information on the medical device, controlling, with at least one processor, a corresponding base of the one of the plurality of medical waste tracking devices to deposit the medical device into a corresponding receptacle of the one of the plurality of medical waste tracking devices, wherein each of the first identifying information and the second identifying information includes a same unique device code associated with the medical device, wherein the first identifying information further includes a first indicator indicating that the first identifying information is associated with the package for the medical device, wherein the second identifying information further includes a second indicator indicating that the second identifying information is associated with the medical device, and wherein the deposit of the package into the interior of the receptacle of the medical waste tracking device is linked to the deposit of the medical device at the one of the plurality of medical waste tracking devices with the same unique device code at different ones of the plurality of medical waste tracking devices on the same network;
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• providing, with at least one processor, based on the second identifying information, an indication that the medical device is not in use for treatment of the patient.