Infectious Medical Waste means infectious medical waste that is capable of producing an infectious disease. Medical waste is considered capable of producing an infectious disease if it has been, or is likely to have been, contaminated by an organism likely to be pathogenic to healthy humans, if such organism is not routinely and freely available in the community, and such organism has a significant probability of being present in sufficient quantities and with sufficient virulence to transmit disease. For the purposes of this rule, infectious medical waste includes the following materials:
Infectious Medical Waste means solid or liquid wastes, which may contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and quantity such that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host has been proven to result in an infectious disease. Such waste may include, but is not limited to, cultures and stocks of infectious agents; blood and blood products; pathological wastes; contaminated carcasses, body parts and bedding of animals exposed to pathogens or medical research; all discarded sharps (e.g. hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass and scalpel blades); and, other wastes determined infectious by the generator or so classified by the State Department of Health.
Infectious Medical Waste means waste resulting from medical procedures that may cause or is capable of causing disease, such as:
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Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, as used in this article the terms:(a) "Commercial infectious medical waste facility" means any infectious medical waste management facility at which thirty-five percent or more by weight of the total infectious medical waste stored, treated or disposed of by the facility in any calendar year is generated off-site.(b) "Infectious medical waste" means medical waste identified as capable of producing an infectious disease.
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Infectious Medical Waste means a solid waste that contains pathogens of sufficient virulence and quantity that exposure to the waste of a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease. Infectious medical waste shall include but not be limited to any and all of the following:
Infectious Medical Waste means solid or liquid wastes as defined under RCRA §502(20), which may contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and quantity such that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host has been proven to result in an infectious disease. Such waste may include, but is not limited to, cultures and stocks of infectious agent; blood and blood products; pathological wastes; contaminated carcasses, body parts and bedding of animals exposed to pathogens or medical research; all discarded sharps (e.g., hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass and scalpel blades); and other wastes determined infectious by the generator or so classified by the State Department of Health.
Infectious Medical Waste means specimen cultures from medical and pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of biologicals and live or attenuated vaccines and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures;