Sharps waste definition

Sharps waste means a device or instrument having acute, rigid corners, edges or protuberances capable of cutting or piercing the skin, that has been used in the performance of body art and has not been disinfected or sterilized following use, including but not limited to, any of the following:

Sharps waste means a device that has acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or piercing, including, but not limited to, hypodermic needles, hypodermic needles with syringes, blades, needles with attached tubing, acupuncture needles, root canal files, broken glass items used in health care such as Pasteur pipettes and blood vials contaminated with biohazardous waste, and any item capable of cutting or piercing from trauma scene waste.

Sharps waste means used needles, syringes, and lancets.

Examples of Sharps waste in a sentence

• Contractor shall be responsible for all costs of clean up and/or removal of spilled regulated substances as a result of Contractor’s services or operations performed under this Agreement, including, but not limited to: • Hazardous and toxic substances, • Hazardous waste, • Universal waste, • Medical waste, • Biological waste, • Sharps waste.

• Contractor shall be responsible for all costs of clean up and/or removal of spilled regulated substances as a result of Contractor’s services or operations performed under this Agreement, including, but not limited to: Hazardous and toxic substances, Hazardous waste, Universal waste, Medical waste, Biological waste, Sharps waste.

• Contractor shall be responsible for all costs of clean up and/or removal of spilled regulated substances as a result of Contractor’s services or operations performed under this Agreement, including, but not limited to:  Hazardous and toxic substances,  Hazardous waste,  Universal waste,  Medical waste,  Biological waste,  Sharps waste.

• Encourage reduction of water use in city-owned ornamental fountains.

• Sharps waste shall be stored and disposed of in appropriate sharps containers with the word biohazard and the universal biohazard symbol.

More Definitions of Sharps waste

Sharps waste means any device having acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or piercing, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

Sharps waste means waste that consists of medical equipment or clinical laboratory articles that may cause punctures or cuts, such as hypodermic needles, syringes with attached needles and lancets, whether contaminated, unused or disinfected.

Sharps waste means any device having acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or

Sharps waste means hypodermic needles, syringes with needles attached, IV tubing with needles attached, dental scalers, scalpel blades and lancets that have been removed from the original sterile package;

Sharps waste means all hypodermic needles, syringes with nee- dles attached, IV tubing with needles attached, scalpel blades, and lancets that have been removed from the original sterile package.

Sharps waste means waste generated by a Single Family or Multi-family Premises that includes a hypodermic needle, syringe, or lancet.

Sharps waste means all hypodermic needles, syringes with needles attached, IV tubing with needles attached, scal- pel blades, and lancets that have been removed from the orig- inal sterile package.