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Infectious Waste
Disposal
Summary Chart (Part
1)
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| Type of
Waste |
Type of
Container |
Local
Treatment |
Final
Disposal |
Sharps
Needles,
syringes, surgical scalpels, razor blades, Pasteur pipettes, capillary
tubes, slides, cover slips and shards of contaminated glass
Sharps are
considered infectious waste whether contaminated with infectious agents
or not.
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Sharps Container |
None
Place sharps items intact,
directly into sharps receptacle immediately after use, without
recapping. Sharps container must not be filled more than 3/4 full.
When container is 3/4 full,
close container tight and seal by taping cover.
Warning:
Open containers, and container
with items other than sharps will not be picked up |
Shipped
off campus to outside contractor for ultimate destruction
store
containers in a secure area until pick up for disposal by
Environmental Health and Safety. |
Contaminated
Non-Sharps Items
Culture
media and plastic ware, glass ware or other non-sharps items (e.g
gloves, absorbent pads, test tubes, non-Pasteur pipettes, culture
plates etc), contaminated with potentially infectious materials or
agents (e.g. blood, body fluids, infectious cultures)
Never place sharps items in autoclave bag,
sharps must be disposed off in sharps container
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Clear
autoclave bag
(Not red bag)
Photo coming soon |
Decontaminate by
Autoclaving
Place
waste bag (clear autoclave Bag) in autoclave
machine for 60 minute cycle at 121 C. after autoclaving, let waste bag
cool off and drain excess liquid, then place bag in regular trash bin
located in autoclave room. |
Regular
waste stream as trash
after autoclaving |
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