Regulated medical waste

Regulated Medical Waste: Under the Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988, any solid waste generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, ...

regulated medical waste Any solid waste generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in the research thereof, or in the production or testing of biologicals.

Treated Regulated Medical Waste: Medical waste treated to substantially reduce or eliminate its pathogenicity, but that has not yet been destroyed.

Oversized Regulated Medical Waste: Medical waste that is too large for plastic bags or standard containers.

Location were a generator of regulated medical waste consolidates wastes originally generated at various locations in his facility. The wastes are gathered together for treatment on-site or for transportation elsewhere for treatment and/or disposal.

Destroyed Medical Waste- Regulated medical waste that has been ruined, torn apart, or mutilated through thermal treatment, melting, shredding, grinding, tearing, or breaking, so that it is no longer generally recognized as medical waste, ...

(1) Any method, technique, or process designed to remove solids and/or pollutants from solid waste, waste-streams, effluents, and air emissions. (2) Methods used to change the biological character or composition of any regulated medical waste so as ...

1) A facility or mobile source that emits pollutants into the air or releases hazardous waste into water or soil. 2) Any person whose act or process produces regulated medical waste or whose act first causes such waste to become subject to regulation.

See also: Waste, Air, Emission, Treatment, Medical waste