Regulated Medical Waste

Regulated Medical Waste

Any waste materials capable of producing a disease by an organism likely to be pathogenic to healthy humans, such as the following:

  1. Discarded cultures and stocks of microorganisms, specimens, vaccines and associated items containing organisms likely to be pathogenic to healthy humans.
  2. Human blood and certain body fluids as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
  3. Items saturated or caked with human blood or body fluids that would release blood/body fluid in a liquid or semi liquid state if compressed or would flake if handled.
  4. Human tissue or anatomical wastes.
  5. Sharps (needles, syringes with attached needles, and scalpel blades: Needles, syringes with attached needles, scalpels, scissors lancets, guide wires and glass pasture pipettes, etc.).
  6. Animal carcasses, body parts, bedding and related wastes when intentionally infected with organisms likely to be pathogenic to healthy humans.
  7. Any residue or contaminated soil, water, or other debris resulting from the clean-up of a spill of infectious waste.
  8. Any solid waste contaminated by or mixed with infectious waste.
  9. Products of recombinant DNA or synthetic nucleic acid experiments as defined by the National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules.
Policy # Policy Title
SEC-006 Regulated Medical Waste Management