Medical Waste definition

Medical Waste means isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis wastes.
Medical Waste means (i) pathological waste, (ii) blood, (iii) sharps, (iv) wastes from surgery or autopsy, (v) dialysis waste, including contaminated disposable equipment and supplies, (vi) cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biological agents, (vii) contaminated animals, (viii) isolation wastes, (ix) contaminated equipment, (x) laboratory waste, (xi) any substance, pollutant, material, or contaminant listed or regulated under any Medical Waste Law, and (xii) other biological waste and discarded materials contaminated with or exposed to blood, excretion, or secretions from human beings or animals.
Medical Waste includes, but is not limited to, (a) pathological waste, (b) blood, (c) sharps, (d) wastes from surgery or autopsy, (e) dialysis waste, including contaminated disposable equipment and supplies, (f) cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biological agents, (g) contaminated animals, (h) isolation wastes, (i) contaminated equipment, (j) laboratory waste, and (k) various other biological waste and discarded materials contaminated with or exposed to blood, excretion, or secretions from human beings or animals. “Medical Waste” also includes any substance, pollutant, material, or contaminant listed or regulated under the Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. §§6992, et seq. (“MWTA”).

Examples of Medical Waste in a sentence

  • To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has not materially handled, treated, or disposed of waste outside the scope of its Medical Waste Permits.

  • The Company holds all material licenses, approvals, registrations, and permits required under Malaysian Law to conduct its Medical Waste operations (the “Medical Waste Permits”), all of which are valid, in full force and effect, and not subject to suspension or revocation.

  • There have been no unauthorized releases, spills, or disposals of Medical Waste at or from any Company facility that have resulted in unresolved material environmental liability, nor is the Company subject to any pending remediation or corrective action obligation arising from its Medical Waste operations.


More Definitions of Medical Waste

Medical Waste means waste capable of producing an infection or pertaining to or characterized by
Medical Waste means any waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of
Medical Waste means isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, or dialysis wastes, and includes any medical or infectious wastes as defined by the MDEQ.
Medical Waste means that term as it is defined in
Medical Waste means all waste generated in direct patient care or in diagnostic or research areas that is non-infectious but aesthetically repugnant if found in the environment.
Medical Waste means that term as it is defined in section 13805 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13805.
Medical Waste means any waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in medical research on humans or animals, or in the production or testing of biologicals. The term includes: