Infectious waste means a solid waste that contains or may reasonably be
Infectious waste means a solid waste that contains or may reasonably be expected to contain pathogens of sufficient virulence and quantity that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease.
Infectious waste means those items specified by Env-Sw 103.28.
Examples of Infectious waste in a sentence
Infectious waste treated in the SaniPak Autoclave equaled a total poundage of 85,572 and was transported by Waste Management Industries (WMI) to the American Landfill.
More Definitions of Infectious waste
Infectious waste means those items specified by Env-Sw 904.
Infectious waste means: (1) Equip- ment, instruments, utensils, and fomites of a disposable nature from the rooms of patients who are suspected to have or have been diagnosed as having a communicable disease and must, therefore, be isolated as required by public health agencies; (2) laboratory wastes such as pathological specimens (e.g., all tissues, specimens of blood elements, excreta, and secretions ob- tained from patients or laboratory ani- mals) and disposable fomites (any sub- stance that may harbor or transmit pathogenic organisms) attendant thereto; (3) surgical operating room pathologic specimens and disposable fomites attendant thereto and similar disposable materials from outpatient areas and emergency rooms.
Infectious waste means those solid wastes which may cause human disease and may reasonably be suspected of harboring human pathogenic organisms, or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed. Types of solid wastes designated as infectious include but are not necessarily limited to the following:
Infectious waste means biomedical waste generated at hospitals, public or private medical clinics, dental offices, research laboratories, pharmaceutical industries, blood banks, mortuaries, veterinary facilities, and other similar establishments that are identified in State Health and Safety Code Section 25117.5.
Infectious waste means waste which is generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunization of humans or animals, in the research pertaining to this, in the manufacturing or testing of biological agents including blood products, cultures, pathological waste, sharp objects, human and animal anatomical waste and isolation waste that contain or may contain infectious substances;
Infectious waste means solid waste that may contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and in sufficient quantity that exposure of a susceptible human or animal to the solid waste could cause the human or animal to contract an infectious disease.
Infectious waste means solid waste that contains patho- gens with sufficient virulence and in sufficient quantity that expo- sure of a susceptible human or animal to the solid waste could cause the human or animal to contract an infectious disease.