Medical Waste Disposal Jacksonville Florida

 

Very much of the waste from hospitals is made up of special surgical instruments, such as surgical implants and other implements employed during operations.  Medical Waste Disposal Jacksonville Florida  The disposal of medical waste poses numerous questions, the first of which is: How can medical waste be categorized? Infectious materials containing dead tissue may conceal especially dangerous and/or communicable infectious agents. Such waste includes blood, body fluids, tissues, organs, body parts, human fetuses, and animal carcasses. A subcategory of pathological waste is anatomical waste, which consists of identifiable human or animal body parts, healthy or otherwise. Sharps are objects sharp enough to cut or puncture the skin, e.g. knives, scalpels and other blades, infusion sets, needles, hypodermic needles, saws, broken glass, nails, etc. They can transmit infections directly into the bloodstream. Sharps are generally treated as highly hazardous medical waste regardless of whether they are contaminated or not.