Infectious waste definition

Infectious waste means biomedical waste generated at hospitals, public or private medical clinics, dental offices, research laboratories, pharmaceutical industries, blood banks, mortuaries, veterinary facilities and other similar establishments that are identified in Health and Safety Code Section 25117.5 as may be amended from time to time.
Infectious waste means a solid waste that contains or may reasonably be
Infectious waste means those items specified by Env-Sw 103.28.

Examples of Infectious waste in a sentence

  • Infectious waste is essentially a waste that poses a known or potential risk of infection, regardless of the level of infection posed.

  • Infectious waste should be disposed of in accordance with the port authorities’ procedures.

  • Infectious waste should be properly segregated from normal garbage at the point of generation to minimize the amount of material requiring additional treatment.

  • Tenant shall not cause or permit the release or disposal of any hazardous substances, wastes or materials, or any medical, special or infectious wastes, on or about the premise or the Building of which they are a part and Tenant shall be solely responsible for and shall promptly pay the cost of removing all such hazardous substances, wastes and materials and any such medical, special and Infectious waste from the Premises, which removal shall be in accordance with all applicable governmental requirements.

  • Contractor is not required to collect any SFD residential Solid Waste that is not placed in the cart or that is commingled with Hazardous Waste, Infectious waste, and/or Medical waste.


More Definitions of Infectious waste

Infectious waste means a solid waste that contains or may reasonably be expected to contain pathogens of sufficient virulence and quantity that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease.
Infectious waste means waste which is generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunization of humans or animals, in the research pertaining to this, in the manufacturing or testing of biological agents including blood products, cultures, pathological waste, sharp objects, human and animal anatomical waste and isolation waste that contain or may contain infectious substances;
Infectious waste means those items specified by Env-Sw 904.
Infectious waste means those solid wastes which may cause human disease and may reasonably be suspected of harboring human pathogenic organisms, or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed. Types of solid wastes designated as infectious include but are not necessarily limited to the following:
Infectious waste means solid waste that may contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and in sufficient quantity that exposure of a susceptible human or animal to the solid waste could cause the human or animal to contract an infectious disease.
Infectious waste means biomedical waste generated at hospitals, public or private medical
Infectious waste means waste, which is infectious, including but not limited to contaminated sharps, cultures, and stocks of infectious agents, blood and blood products, pathological waste, and contaminated animal carcasses from hospitals or research laboratories.