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Medical Waste Types
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Types of Medical Waste
Infectious Waste
Infectious waste
waste contaminated with blood and other bodily fluids (e.g. from discarded diagnostic samples),cultures and stocks of infectious agents from laboratory work (e.g. waste from autopsies and infected animals from laboratories), or waste from patients with infections (e.g. swabs, bandages and disposable medical devices)
Pathological waste
Pathological waste
human tissues, organs or fluids, body parts and contaminated animal carcasses
Sharps waste
Sharps waste
syringes, needles, disposable scalpels and blades, etc
Chemical waste
solvents and reagents used for laboratory preparations, disinfectants, sterilants and heavy metals contained in medical devices (e.g. mercury in broken thermometers) and batteries
Pharmaceutical waste
Pharmaceutical waste
expired, unused and contaminated drugs and vaccines
Cytotoxic waste
Cytotoxic waste
waste containing substances with genotoxic properties (i.e. highly hazardous substances that are, mutagenic, teratogenic or carcinogenic), such as cytotoxic drugs used in cancer treatment and their metabolites
Radioactive waste
products contaminated by radionuclides including radioactive diagnostic material or radiotherapeutic materials
Radioactive waste
Non-hazardous or general waste
Non-hazardous/ general waste
waste that does not pose any particular biological, chemical, radioactive or physical hazard.
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