Biohazardous Waste means any of the following:
Biohazardous Waste means waste such as pathological cultures and stocks of infectious agents, discarded live and attenuated vaccines, culture dishes, recognizable fluid blood elements and regulated body fluids, sharps, and body parts. Biohazardous waste includes any other waste defined as such, in Chapter 6.1 of the California Health and Safety Code.
Biohazardous Waste defined. Biohazardous Waste means waste which, because of its characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or pose a substantial potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed. Reference: Regulations of the Washoe County District Board of Health Governing Solid Waste Management, Section 080.
Examples of Biohazardous Waste in a sentence
Notify the Academic Affairs Director of Laboratory Safety when conditions change within the teaching or research laboratories that may impact the Biohazardous Waste streams.
Sharps shall be disposed of by a certified Biohazardous Waste hauler.
If any Biohazardous Waste containers have not been disposed of within 65 days, notify the Academic Affairs Director of Laboratory Safety immediately.
All Biohazardous Waste shall be packaged, contained and located in a manner that prevents and protects the waste from release at the producing facility at any time before ultimate disposal.
Biohazardous Waste shall be stored in a special area or locked in a container that weights more than 500 pounds that prevents access by vermins or unknown individuals.
More Definitions of Biohazardous Waste
Biohazardous Waste means all of the following (A-D):
Biohazardous Waste means any solid or liquid biological waste that is hazardous because of its physical and/or biological nature and is differentiated from that which contains hazardous chemicals or radioactive materials. All waste that contains infectious material or which, because of its biological nature, may be harmful to humans, animals, plants or the environment is biohazardous waste. This includes:
Biohazardous Waste means waste as defined in California Health and Safety Code 117635.
Biohazardous Waste means waste that arises from medical, dental or similar procedures that is or has the potential to become, harmful to human health;
Biohazardous Waste means waste that requires biological inactivation in an approved manner prior to final disposal and includes the following: primary human cell lines and tissue cultures; organisms with recombinant DNA; cultures and stocks of infectious agents; potentially infectious bacteria, viruses, and spores; toxins; live and attenuated vaccines; blood and blood products; carcasses; tissue specimens; recognizable human or animal body parts; soil with pathogens; and labware that has come in contact with aforementioned waste streams.
Biohazardous Waste medical waste", "radioactive waste", "extremely hazardous waste," "restrictive hazardous waste", (ii) considered a waste, condition of pollution or nuisance under the Hazardous Materials Laws; (iii) petroleum or a petroleum product or fraction thereof; (iv) asbestos; and/or (v) substances known by the State of California to cause cancer and/or reproductive toxicity.
Biohazardous Waste means any Solid Waste or liquid waste which may present a threat of infection to humans. The term includes, but is not limited to, nonliquid human tissue and body parts; laboratory and veterinary waste which contains human disease-causing agents; discarded sharps; human blood; human blood products; and body fluids.