How do I depollute a vehicle contaminated with blood, body fluids, hypodermic needles etc?
These vehicles do present a biohazard. However, in most cases you should be able to simply avoid the risks: • Do not sit in any vehicle assessed as being suspect. Needles can be hidden in upholstery. • Lean into the passenger compartment to pull the bonnet release: if this could expose you to risk of contact with biohazards then the bonnet can be prised open from outside the vehicle. • Do not recover any needles. • Where unacceptable risks of contact with biohazards remain, then the particular depollution operation should be omitted and this should be noted on the waste transfer note.
