Medical Waste Disposal Nassau County
Medical Waste Tracking Act medical waste is “any solid waste that
is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or
animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of
biologicals.” Medical waste falls into one of four different categories:
infectious, hazardous, radioactive, and general. Medical Waste Disposal Nassau County all
waste materials generated at health care facilities, such as hospitals,
clinics, physician’s offices, dental practices, blood banks, and veterinary
hospitals/clinics, as well as medical research facilities and laboratories.” It
fails to include any organization that produces medical waste such as syringes
or needles from their employees or customers, or the home producer for that
matter. There are many different types of medical waste, categorised largely by
the types of materials uses and the waste disposal methods.
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