Biohazard Medical Waste Treatment

Treatment and disposal of medical waste disposal of medical sharps needles.

Biohazard medical waste treatment.

Biohazard and medical waste medical waste and biohazardous waste are not always the same thing and often need to be handled quite differently. If containers will be picked up by an outside vendor i e stericycle place the closed container in the vendor supplied waste container for pickup and disposal. Collect in plastic autoclavable waste bags with a biohazard symbol. If steam sterilization in the health care facility is used for waste treatment exposure of the waste for up to 90 minutes at 250 f 121 c in a autoclave depending on the size of the load and type container may be necessary to ensure an adequate decontamination cycle.

Improper management of discarded needles and other sharps can pose a health risk to the public and waste workers. For example discarded needles may expose waste workers to potential needle stick injuries and potential infection when containers break open inside garbage. Sharps containers must be autoclaved using a validated waste treatment cycle or incinerated for final treatment. Biohazardous medical waste is medical waste that is composed of one or more of the following cultures and stockshuman blood and blood productshuman pathologic wastesresearch animal wastesmedical sharps learn more biohazardous medical waste facilitiesto operate a biohazardous medical waste storage transfer treatment and disposal facility an owner or operator must apply.

Place full containers in the designated biohazardous waste pickup point. Contain the bag inside a rigid leak proof container that has a biohazard symbol itself or allows the bag s biohazard symbol to be visible.