Archive for May 18th, 2016

Medical Waste - What to put in a red trash bag

Red Trash Bags: What Type of Medical Waste Goes In & What Should Stay Out

You know that the red trash bags are specially made to contain medical or biohazardous waste, but what exactly should you put in them and what should go in the regular trash? Use these bags to dispose of solid or liquid items contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). There are multiple definitions used for medical waste, which is also referred to as regulated, infective, infectious and biohazardous waste. A definition from OSHA […]

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