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Uncontaminated laboratory glassware and plasticware.

Chemical bottles must be triple rinsed and label defaced.

If necessary, line cardboard glassware boxes with clear plastic bags.

Do not use biohazard boxes or red/orange bags under any circumstances.

Infectious waste sharps including: All needles and syringes; broken or unbroken glass and plasticware that has contacted infectious agents or was used in animal or human patient care or treatment, including plastic pipettes and other used plasticware that is recognizable after autoclaving or made of plastic that shatters when broken or is considered breakable by the investigator.

Chemical contaminated sharps waste: Segregate from other sharps into special sharps containers and label "Chemical Contaminated Sharps Waste-Do Not Autoclave".

Non-infectious Sharps: Dispose in a sharps container through the infectious waste stream. Containers of non-infectious sharps may be discarded as infectious waste without prior autoclaving if the label is defaced.

NOTE: Non-infectious sharps may be commingled with infectious waste sharps or chemical contaminated sharps waste. If this is done, they must be managed as described for the respective category of sharps.

All contaminated laboratory items NOT considered sharps, including used plasticware that is deformed after autoclaving or made of polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and other thermoplastic polymers provided they do not shatter when broken or are considered unbreakable by the investigator.

Infectious waste fluids (volumes greater than 20 cc).

Reusable

NO

NO

NO

YES, if labware and liquid is autoclaved before pouring into a sanitary sewer drain; or if liquid is disinfected before pouring into a sanitary sewer drain and labware is autoclaved.

NO, if disposable liquid infectious waste container is used. Containers must be leakproof, impervious to moisture, of sufficient strength, rigid, capable of being tightly lidded or stoppered, puncture and break resistant. Disposable containers must be red and marked with the universal biohazard symbol.

Disposal Methods

Housekeepers remove regularly.

Rosenthal/Old Vet Quad, Hill Pavilion & Research Laboratories in VHUP: Each generator must autoclave infectious sharps waste and place it in the designated infectious waste container in the autoclave room. SVM facilities personnel transport autoclaved waste to Room H156 on the Hill Pavilion loading dock. ***

VHUP In-patient and Clinical Areas: A designated individual manages infectious sharps waste and transports it to Room H156 on the Hill Pavilion loading dock. ***

Chemical contaminated sharps waste and Non-infectious Sharps waste (with label defaced) Each generator is responsible to discard containers, without prior autoclaving, into the designated infectious waste containers in the autoclave room. SVM facilities personnel transport sharps waste to Room H156 on the Hill Pavilion loading dock. ***

Rosenthal/Old Vet Quad, Hill Pavilion & Research Laboratories in VHUP: Each generator must autoclave infectious waste and place it in the designated infectious waste containers in the autoclave room. SVM facilities personnel transport autoclaved waste to Room H156 on the Hill Pavilion loading dock. ***

VHUP In-patient and Clinical Areas: A designated individual manages infectious waste and transports it to Room H156 on the Hill Pavilion loading dock. ***

Autoclave disposable liquid infectious waste containers and place it in the designated infectious waste containers in the autoclave room. SVM facilities personnel transport autoclaved waste to Room H156 on the Hill Pavilion loading dock. ***

Container Source

User must purchase.

User must purchase.

User must purchase.

User must purchase.

** For more details on how to properly sort and manage disposal of all laboratory sharps waste, consult the EHRS Laboratory Sharps Waste Management Procedure.

*** NOTE: Wear proper PPE and place all infectious waste in secondary containment when transporting within the building(s).