OFFICE OF RESEARCH OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION
DISPOSAL OF BIOHAZARDOUS WASTE | |
Definition of Regulated Infectious WasteMUSC defines regulated medical waste as:**Liquid or semi-liquid blood or potentially infectious materials, i.e., contaminated items that would release blood or potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed. **Items that are caked with dry blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling, e.g., contaminated sharps and pathological and microbiological waste containing blood or other potentially infectious material. The following are examples of infectious waste.
DHEC requires infectious waste to be disposed of in red biohazard bags. The bags must be sealed in a manner that does not allow discharge of the contents. Twist the top of the bag, fold it over and tape the bag shut.
The bags must be placed in a red waste disposal bin. The containers must be closed prior to transport. Overfilled containers with an unsecured top are not compliant. Researchers shall place and maintain all sharps in rigid, leak and puncture resistant containers that are secured tightly to prevent loss of contents. If the sharps are not contaminated they may be disposed of in a trash receptacle. If contaminated, the sharps containers should be placed inside a red biohazard bag and disposed of in a red biohazard waste bin.
Disposal of biohazardous waste (red bag waste) in BSB and CRIDisposal of biological waste is the responsibility of the investigator generating the waste.
The investigator is asked to take the waste (as generated) to room BSB 117, just outside of the east most service elevator. This room is accessible via cardkey; those cardkeys that allow access to BSB or CRI will allow access to BSB 117, the waste storage room. No red bags should be left outside of the storage room. In room 117, red bags should be placed in any one of the red bins that is not completely full. If the lid will not close completely, please place the red bag in another bin and close the lid completely. Please note: no red bins are delivered to labs and no red bins or red bags are taken from labs to the storage room by housekeeping personnel. Unused red bags are available for pick up from the waste storage room. If an unusually large amount of red bag waste is expected to be generated, a red bin from the storage room may be taken to the lab, but please do not leave the bin outside of the lab or in the service elevator lobby at any time; please bring it to the waste storage room for proper disposal.
Disposal of biohazardous waste (red bag waste) in STBDisposal of biological waste is the responsibility of the investigator generating the waste.
The investigator is asked to take the waste (as generated) to the freezer room STB138, just inside the building from the loading dock. No red bags should be left outside of the freezer room. In room STB138, red bags should be placed in any one of the red carts that is not completely full. If the lid will not close completely, please place the red bag in another cart and close the lid completely. Please note: no red carts are delivered to labs and no red carts or red bags are taken from labs to the storage room by housekeeping personnel. It is the responsibility of the investigator generating the waste. Unused red bags are available for pick up from the freezer anteroom. If an unusually large amount of red bag waste is expected to be generated, a red cart from the storage room may be taken to the lab, but please do not leave the cart outside of the lab or in the service elevator lobby at any time; please bring it to the waste freezer room for proper disposal.
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