Medical Waste

Medical Waste is generated as a result of diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals; and meets the definition of biohazardous and/or sharps waste. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Blood or body fluids – liquid blood elements or other regulated body fluids or articles contaminated with blood or body fluids.
• Chemotherapy waste
• Contaminated animals – animal carcasses, body parts, bedding materials.
• Isolated waste – waste contaminated with excretion, exudate or secretions from humans or animals that are isolated due to highly communicable diseases (*Centers for Disease Control, Biosafety Level 4*).
• Laboratory wastes –specimen or microbiological cultures, stacks of infectious agents, live and attenuated vaccines and culture mediums, vials or vacutainers containing blood or blood products.
• Pharmaceutical waste (not including chemotherapeutic, antineoplastic, or cytotoxic drugs)
• Sharps – syringes, needles, blades, and broken glass.
• Surgical specimens – human or animal parts or tissues removed surgically or by autopsy. (Anatomical or Pathology Waste)