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Lab Waste A-Z Disposal Guide
Pathological
Waste
Safety Box
General
Trash
Recycle
Shred Bin
Linen
Sewer
Medication
Chemical/
Haz Waste
Agar plates (used)
Alcohol pad/swab with or without blood/body fluids
Animal carcasses
Applicator stick/swab with blood/body fluids
Applicator stick/swab no blood/body fluids
Aqueous lab waste, e.g. DAB, formalin, other
Batteries
Blades/Lancets
Blood Culture Bottles (used)
Blood/pilot tubes (plastic)
Blue Towels, soiled, bagged
Blue Towels, soaked with solvent
Body Fluids (except urine)
Bottles, empty
Capillary tubes (used)
Cardboard, corrugated & greyboard (e.g. tissue box)
Centrifuge tubes, used
Chemicals -­‐ expired, partial bottles, or waste
Chemotheraputic waste, leftover medication
Confidential Media Tapes, diskettes, non-­‐paper items
Confidential Paper, paper, w/ patient or employee i.d.
Cultures
Culturette swabs (used)
Electronics – IT, computer, printer, monitor, hard drive
Electronics – Non-IT, equipment, appliances
Flammable Liquids, e.g. alcohol, methanol, xylene
Furniture, broken or reusable
Gauze, with minimal or no blood
Glass tubes, empty
Glass tubes, filled with blood/body fluids
Gloves, stained with or without blood/body fluids
Gloves, grossly soiled with blood/body fluids
Isolator tubes
IV bags and tubing, empty, no patient i.d.
IV bags and tubing, contaminated w/ blood/body fluids
IV bags and tubing, with leftover drug
IV bags with plain fluids (e.g. saline, dextrose, D5)
Lamps/Bulbs, fluorescent, ultra-­‐violet, HID, Hg
Loops (inoculating)
Lycophilized specimens
Medications, waste/leftover; non-­‐narcotic
Micro-titre plates, used
Needles, any
Occult blood test strip
Oil, used, e.g. pump oil, lubricating oil
Packaging/wrappers/foil packs
Sharps Box
Waste Item
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Safety Box
General
Trash
Recycle
Shred Bin
Linen
Sewer
Medication
Chemical/
Haz Waste
Paper (non-HIPAA), Journals, magazines, mixed paper
Paper towels/drapes, lightly stained or no body fluids
Paper towels/drapes, saturated w/ blood/body fluids
Paraffin blocks, with no gross amount of tissue, bagged
Personal protective equipment (PPE) (apron/gown, cap, hood, mask, goggles, eye shields), not saturated
Personal protective equipment, saturated w/ blood Petri dishes, unused
Petri dishes, used
Pipette tips & transfer pipettes
Pipettes, plastic
Pipettes, glass
Plastic Bottles/Metal Cans, rinsed - Water, soda, steel, aluminum cans, other plastic if approved**
Plastic tubs, grossly contaminated with blood/body fluids
Plastic tubs, uncontaminated, rinsed
Scrap Metal, poles, racks, carts, misc. steel/aluminum
Slides, unfixed, used
Slides, fixed, whole or broken
Specimen bag or container, empty w/bio-­‐haz symbol
Specimen bag or container, contaminated
Syringe – with needle
Syringe – without needle – containing blood/body fluid
Syringe – without needle – no blood/body fluid
Test disc packs (HCG/Strep)
Test tubes, stained or empty
Test tubes, grossly soiled with blood/body fluids
Tissue/specimens, fixed (formalin)
Tissue/specimens, un-fixed, recognizable human or
animal tissue, organs, limbs
Tourniquet, lightly stained or no body fluids
Tourniquet, grossly soiled with blood/body fluids
Transfusion bag/tubing, w/ visible blood
Unopette (diluting device for platelets)
Urine test strips
Urine cups, tubes, transfer pipettes, empty
Urine
Versatrex bottles, with liquid
Vials, empty
Vials, >3% filled with drug
Pathological
Waste
Waste Item
Sharps Box
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*Call for Special Waste or HazMat Waste Pick-up*HFH/OFP Only:
Service Response Center 16-­‐1414 **For a Waste, HazMat or Recycle Assessment:
Call the Environmental Programs Office at 313-­‐916-­‐3167 Orange/ Red
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