Listing
of Bio-medical Wastes
The types of medical waste to which these controls apply include,
but need not be limited to, each of the following types of solid waste:
(1)
Cultures
and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, including cultures
from medical and pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious
agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of
biologicals, discarded live and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and
devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures.
(2)
Pathological
wastes, including tissues, organs, and body parts that are removed during
surgery or autopsy.
(3)
Waste
human blood and products of blood, including serum, plasma, and other blood
components.
(4)
Sharps
that have been used in patient care or in medical, research, or industrial
laboratories, including hypodermic needles, syringes, pasteur pipettes, broken
glass, and scalpel blades.
(5)
Contaminated
animal carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that were exposed to
infectious agents during research, production of biologicals, or testing of
pharmaceuticals.
(6)
Wastes
from surgery or autopsy that were in contact with infectious agents, including
soiled dressings, sponges, drapes, lavage tubes, drainage sets, underpads, and
surgical gloves.
(7)
Laboratory
wastes from medical, pathological, pharmaceutical, or other research,
commercial, or industrial laboratories that were in contact with infectious
agents, including slides and cover slips, disposable gloves, laboratory coats,
and aprons.
(8)
Dialysis
wastes that were in contact with the blood of patients undergoing hemodialysis,
including contaminated disposable equipment and supplies such as tubing,
filters, disposable sheets, towels, gloves, aprons, and laboratory coats.
(9)
Discarded
medical equipment and parts that were in contact with infectious agents.
(10)
Biological
waste and discarded materials contaminated with blood, excretion, excudates or
secretion from human beings or animals who are isolated to protect others from
communicable diseases.
(11)
Such
other waste material that results from the administration of medical care to a
patient by a health care provider and is found by the Administrator to pose a
threat to human health or the environment.