What is biohazardous medical waste?
• The Arizona Administrative Code (AAC) Title 18, Chapter 13, “Solid Waste Management” defines biohazardous medical waste in Section R18-13-1401.5 as: “Biohazardous medical waste” is composed of one or more of the following: • Cultures and stocks: Discarded cultures and stocks generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of a human being or animal or in any research relating to that diagnosis, treatment or immunization, or in the production or testing of biologicals. • Human blood and blood products: Discarded products and materials containing free-flowing blood or free-flowing blood components. • Human pathologic wastes: Discarded organs and body parts removed during surgery. Human pathologic wastes do not include the head or spinal column. • Medical sharps: Discarded sharps used in animal or human patient care, medical research, or clinical laboratories. This includes hypodermic needles; syringes; pipettes; scalpel blades; blood vials; needles attached to tubing; broken and
