Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,905,643,461 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Biohazardous Waste

    0.01 sec.
Biohazardous Waste
Waste products—e.g., body fluids and tissues—which have the risk of carrying human pathogens. Biohazardous waste often originates from health care facilities and/or research laboratories, and places a relatively small or confined group of people at increased risk for infection during the time necessary for the infectious agent to dry or otherwise become inactive

biohazardous waste
Public health Waste products–eg, body fluids and tissues, which may carry human pathogens; BW often originates from health care facilities and/or research laboratories, and places a relatively small or confined group of people at ↑ risk for infection during the time necessary for the infectious agent to dry or otherwise become inactive. See Regulated waste, Sharps.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
 
Chief Fleck said it was unclear to him what kind of research was done at DaVinci, but said it appeared there could be biohazardous waste products, such as blood and urine.
Therapeutic units are discarded as biohazardous waste.
The inspectors noted duplicate record entries indicating destruction of unsuitable tissue; and there was no indication that Rocky Mountain's quality assurance staff reviewing the records noted the discrepancies and informed technical staff and management, as required by the firm's Biohazardous Waste Disposal procedure.
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.