These bags are made from printed polypropylene and are 0. They are required to be made from a material that meets or exceeds the Dart Impact Resistance Test. This test assesses the strength of the bag in case sharp or heavy items are placed within one. They must be impervious to moisture and be strong enough to resist ripping, tearing, or bursting. The biohazard waste bags can come be red or clear and must always clearly display the biohazard symbol and word. Anyone may need to use a biohazard waste bag.
It just depends on your unique circumstances. These bags are mainly used to separate infectious waste that must be sterilized from regular garbage. If you fail to correctly dispose of biohazardous waste, you are putting many people at risk.
You can harm yourself, your neighbors, your garbagemen, and the environment. Most of the time, these bags are used by people in labs or hospitals. They can also be used in every common household. These containers do not need to have a lid unless waste is contaminated with a pathogen but daily disposal of the secured bag into a larger collection container such as the one shown to the right is strongly recommended.
Pipette wastes may require creative approaches for accumulation prior to disposal. Serological pipettes and micropipette tips are good examples, as they may not fit some biohazardous waste bins or may present a sharps hazard if they comingle with heavier wastes e.
Suggested practices:. Animal tissues, tissue trimmings, organs, or carcasses must be:. NOTE: Never discard pathological wastes into the trash! Soil Collection, Treatment, and Disposal. The collection of autoclaved soil, plants, and plant materials must be conducted in a manner that follows the correct waste stream and does not create ergonomic risks for facilities personnel.
This guidance applies to the collection, treatment, and disposal of all soil and plant material as defined below. This shall apply to all students, staff, and faculty responsible for handling and disposing of soil, plants, and plant materials. However, to meet this exemption these wastes cannot be collected in an autoclave bag that is red or orange or bears the biohazard symbol i.
Dry cycles can be incorporated into soil sterilization to possibly help reduce the weight of autoclaved soil. It is important to follow this guidance for autoclaved soils and plant materials as they contribute 11x more to the cost of disposal than other materials in the waste stream. This guidance also applies to USDA permitted soils and plant materials as long as they are fully devitalized prior to final disposition.
Waste should be collected and stored as previously outlined. Liquid Biohazardous Waste. This includes bulk quantities of blood, blood products, body fluids from human and animal research origin and culture media.
Note: Disposable primary containers or sample containers containing small quantities of liquids less than 10 mls should be managed as solid biohazardous waste. Yellow biohazard bags are used to dispose of clinical waste like swabs, dressings, tissues, soiled gloves, aprons, pads and nappies. These bags can also be used to collect IV lines and fluid bags used for pharmaceutical medicines, disposable metallic parts and syringe bodies. Yellow bags should only be used for disposal of clinical and infectious waste containing chemicals and pharmaceutical medicines.
Do not dispose of pathological waste, anatomical waste, domestic waste, non-infectious waste and placental waste in yellow clinical waste bags. Always wear gloves, apron, face mask or eye protection while handling, changing or shifting the bags.
Still confused? Follow these simplified guidelines for using red bags. Do: Dispose of biohazardous waste in red bags. Only biohazardous waste should be placed inside red bags for disposal. Dispose of items such as plastic vaginal speculums, used specimen swabs, used glucose test strips, urine dipsticks, blood-soaked drapes and gloves, and anything contaminated with OPIM in a red bag.
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