Waste Disposal Flashcards
What type of hazardous waste would need to be put in a purple and yellow bin?
Cytotoxic and cytostatic pharmaceutical waste
What colour bag would be autoclaved before it is incinerated?
Orange
What colour bag would infectious waste be put in?
Yellow or orange
What would be classed as infectious waste?
Waste containing pathogens and/or spores that could infect humans and/or animals
What sort of waste would need to go into a white leakproof container?
Photographic chemicals (X-rays)
What waste would go into a blue container?
Any pharmaceutical that isn’t cytotoxic or cytostatic
What need to happen to controlled drugs before they are disposed of?
They must be denatured
When are sharps classed as non-hazardous waste?
If they have no infectious animal fluid or tissue on them or they do not contain any cytotoxic or cytostatic pharmaceuticals
Where would you dispose of non-hazardous sharps?
In a rigid yellow container
Where would you dispose of cytotoxic or cytostatic sharps?
In a yellow rigid container with a purple lid
Where would you dispose of sharps with infectious waste on them?
Yellow rigid container with an orange lid
Where would you put offensive waste?
Yellow bag with black stripe (tiger bag)
Where would you dispose of domestic waste ?
Black bag
How would you dispose of the body of an animal that has died from an infectious disease?
Treat as infected waste in an orange bag to be incinerated
Where would you dispose of animal body parts?
In yellow or orange bags or bins
