Florida Biomedical Waste Program

 

This classification includes waste generated by healthcare facilities like hospitals, physician’s offices, dental practices, medical research facilities, laboratories, and veterinary clinics. Florida Biomedical Waste Program   These rules apply to all persons who generate, collect, receive, store, transport, treat, dispose, or handle bio medical waste in any form including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, dispensaries, veterinary institutions, animal houses, pathological laboratories, blood banks,  hospitals, clinical establishments, research or educational institutions, health camps, medical or surgical camps, vaccination camps, blood donation camps, first aid rooms of schools, forensic laboratories and research labs. Biomedical waste training is required for employees who work in a setting in which there is possible or definite contact with blood, body fluids or body parts. Training is extremely important to protect the public from infectious diseases. Through these programs, employees learn how to identify, manage, disinfect and dispose of various biomedical wastes. Medical care is vital for our life, health and well being. But the waste generated from medical activities can be hazardous, toxic and even lethal because of their high potential for diseases transmission.