In addition, researchers can submit an infectious waste container request to EHRS. Infectious Waste Removal Process. Non-sharps regulated medical waste and chemotherapeutic waste bags must be placed ...

Items that cannot be sterilized—or for other reasons need to be destroyed—can be packed into an infectious waste shipping container for destruction by incineration. These items will be shipped off ...

Because hospitals often burn infectious medical waste, in the late 1990s the Environmental Protection Agency set tighter emissions standards meant to curb air pollution from it.

Infectious, or medical, waste is a by-product of hospitals and medical facilities. It must be safely stored to protect the environment and public health, DHEC says.

Remove protective equipment and manage the disposable items as infectious waste. Take necessary steps to replenish spill containment and cleanup materials. The supervisor or manager of the spill ...

Biological Soft Waste. Biohazardous soft wastes are materials that are not biohazardous sharps and will not poke holes in the biohazard bags. Biohazardous soft wastes include materials such as: Petri ...