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Types of Pharmaceutical Waste & How to Dispose of Them
Understanding the Different Types of Pharmaceutical Waste Here are the various categories: These are wastes that are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Classified as any waste resulting from medical, nursing, dental, pharmaceutical, skin penetration or other related clinical activity, being waste that has the potential to cause injury, infection or offence, and includes waste containing any of the following: human tissue (other than hair, teeth and nails), bulk body fluids or blood visibly blood-stained body fluids, materials or equipment laboratory specimens or cultures, animal tissue, carcasses or other waste from animals used for medical research.
Classified as human derived tissues, organs and body parts as well as vertebrate animal derived tissues, organs, and body parts that are recognizable. This however, does not include the following: teeth, and contiguous cultures of bone and gum, body fluids removed during surgery, autopsy, or other medical procedures, specimens of body fluids and their containers, and discarded materials soaked with body fluids(other than urine).
Classified as any waste collected from designated sharps waste containers used in the course of business, commercial or community service activities, being waste resulting from the use of sharps for any of the following purposes: human health care by health professionals and other health care providers, medical research or work on cadavers, veterinary care or veterinary research, skin penetration or the injection of drugs or other substances for medical or non-medical reasons but does not include waste that has been treated on the site where it was generated, and to a standard specified in an EPA gazettal notice.
Sharps means those things: that have sharp points or edges capable of cutting, piercing or penetrating the skin (such as needles, syringes with needles or surgical instruments), that are designed for the purpose of cutting, piercing or penetrating the skin, that have the potential to cause injury or infection.
Classified as waste that has been generated by activities carried out for business or other commercial purposes and that consists of pharmaceutical or other chemical substances specified in the Poisons List made under section 8 of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.
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Understanding the Different Types of Pharmaceutical Waste Here are the various categories: These are wastes that are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Medical waste refers to any waste material generated in research activities related to healthcare or during the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of humans and animals.
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