Recommended standards and practices for infectious waste management

• All infectious waste should be discarded separately from other waste. • Infectious waste should be discarded as close as possible to the site where it was generated. • Infectious waste should be contained in red plastic bags, common waste in black plastic bags, and...

Waste management- Disposal and final treatment

Sharps: They should be placed in disposal containers that have been approved by infection control at the time of their use. When these containers reach their maximum capacity (3/4 full), they should be closed and placed in red bags with other pathological waste. The...

Waste management- Classification

In a health institution waste is classified as: pathological or infectious; and household, chemical and radioactive types. Infectious waste: This type of waste can transmit infectious diseases and is also referred to as pathological waste. It includes primarily: –...

Failures in the sterilization process- Responsibility

The SP technician is responsible for the results obtained from the biological indicators in each load, both in autoclaves by steam and by ethylene oxide. If the biological indicator suggests a deficiency in the sterilizer, the technician should report this immediately...
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