What is bio-hazardous medical waste?
The Arizona Administrative Code (AAC) Title 18, Chapter 13, "Solid Waste Management" defines bio-hazardous medical waste in Section R18-13-1401.5 as "“Bio-hazardous medical waste” is composed of one or more of the following:
b. Cultures and stocks: Discarded cultures and stocks generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of a human being or animal or in any research relating to that diagnosis, treatment or immunization, or in the production or testing of biologicals.
c. Human blood and blood products: Discarded products and materials containing free-flowing blood or free-flowing blood components.
d. Human pathologic wastes: Discarded organs and body parts removed during surgery. Human pathologic wastes do not include the head or spinal column.
e. Medical sharps: Discarded sharps used in animal or human patient care, medical research, or clinical laboratories. This includes hypodermic needles; syringes; pipettes; scalpel blades; blood vials; needles attached to tubing; broken and unbroken glassware; and slides and coverslips.
f. Research animal wastes: Animal carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that have been infected with agents that produce, or may produce, human infection."

View the Arizona Administrative Code (AAC) (PDF).

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