Medical Waste Management – Florida Bio-Hazardous Waste Management

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In the United States, federal and state laws clearly regulate Florida bio-hazardous waste management and how it can be packaged, treated and removed. Take a look at this article to find out more about how this can be done properly.

Bio-Hazardous, or medical waste is defined by the Medical Waste Management Act as either bio-hazardous or sharps waste, as well as waste produced after:

• Research prior to diagnosis, treatment and immunization of humans or animals
• Diagnosis, treatment and immunization of humans or animals
• Testing and production of biologicals
• Building up properly contained sharps waste generated by medical facilities
• Removing trauma scene waste

What are the Different Types of Bio-Hazardous Waste?

Bio-hazardous waste management needs to include the following:

1. Lab waste. This includes things such as:
• Human and/or animal specimen cultures generated in laboratories
• Wastes created from the production of bacteria or viruses discarded live and weakened vaccines used in either human healthcare or research, as well as used-up animal vaccines
• Cultures of infectious agents created in laboratories

2. Waste that consists of used materials contaminated with excretion or secretions from humans or animals. This waste needs to be removed by an infection control staff of the facility

3. Human tissue removed at surgery or autopsy. Especially if the attending surgeon, physician or dentist has a reason to believe that it is contaminated with infectious agents contagious to people

4. Waste containing recognizable fluid blood or fluid blood products, as well as containers or other equipment that contains fluid blood from either humans or animals.

5. Animal carcasses, parts, tissue and fluids that the resident veterinarian suspects are contaminated and can therefore be contagious to humans.

Sharp wastes are any objects with keen rigid corners, edges or points that can cause cuts or piercing. These include the following:

• Hypodermic needles (with or without syringes), syringes contaminated by bio-hazardous waste, needles with tubing attached, blades (such as scalpel blades), root canal files, acupuncture needles
• Broken glass, especially from blood vials contaminated by bio-hazardous waste
• Any other contaminated item that can lead to cutting or piercing

What is Not Medical Waste?

Medical waste does not include the following:

• Waste created in biotechnology as long as it does not include contaminated and infectious human blood or blood products
• Waste produced in biotechnology that does not include any infectious agents
• Any non-biohazard waste (solid waste commonly found in such facilities like paper towels, containers with non-fluid blood and so on)
• Waste created in veterinarian or livestock management in farms or ranches
• Feces, urine, saliva, sweat and other, unless they contain fluid blood
• Household waste
• Radioactive waste
• Hazardous waste

As you can see, proper bio-hazardous waste management is an important issue and medical facilities, no matter how small or big, need to address it according to the state and federal regulations.

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