Answer: Medical personnel must dispose of medical waste in color-coded containers. If you put sharps into the general waste instead of the medical waste disposal containers, then all of that waste becomes contaminated.
Medical waste must be stored in a secure area where the general public doesn’t have access to it. It must also be kept separate from areas that are regulated for food consumption. The secure area must also have a refrigerator or a freezer for medical waste that must be kept below certain temperatures.Once a biohazard waste disposal company picks up the medical waste, it transports and treats it based on certain regulations by OSHA and other agencies that may control medical waste regulations. Treatment varies depending on the type of medical waste, thus it is important to keep waste in the appropriate color-coded receptacles. Some waste may be incinerated and some may be treated by irradiation, autoclaving or chemical methods.Please refer to the link for more information:-
http://www.biomedicalwastesolutions.com/medical-waste-disposal/
https://medwasteservice.com/2017/dispose-medical-waste/
HPFY Customer Care
Store answer
Helpful?
