Healthcare waste such as blood, tissue, needles, used dressings, drugs, etc. It may be produced from healthcare facilities, like hospitals, or else from home treatment
Includes waste from the dental, medical, nursing, pharmaceutical and veterinary industries, which is usually incinerated to prevent the spread of infection.
rubbish from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, and pharmaceutical industries. This type of rubbish is usually burnt to prevent germs spreading.
Waste material, generally from medical centres and hospitals, that has been produced in connection with medical or surgical procedures.
This waste stream term is used by the Waste Management Guidelines for Health Care Facilities (1998). Clinical Waste is waste which has the potential to cause sharps injury, infection or offence. When packaged and disposed of appropriately there is virtually no public health significance. Clinical waste contains the following types of waste: sharps; human tissue (excluding hair, teeth, and nails); bulk body fluids and blood; disposable materials and equipment heavily soiled with or containing blood; laboratory specimens and cultures; animal tissues, carcasses or other waste arising from laboratory investigation or for medical or veterinary research.