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What Is Hospital Waste?

April 26, 2017hospital waste

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What Is Hospital Waste?

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To understand the details of our waste program process, you should understand some basic terms. • Regulated Medical Waste = Hospital waste that requires, by law, special treatment or handling • Also known as biohazard waste, infectious waste and potentially infectious waste • Includes sharps, blood, blood products, laboratory wastes, pathological wastes, isolation wastes, and animal carcasses • General Waste = General trash not considered capable of transmitting disease or causing injury.