Laboratory waste including but not limited to all of the following.
Biohazard medical waste training.
Cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research laboratories.
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Federal osha provides a good general definition of regulated waste but individual states may have their own particular definition.
Double bagging is recommended for petri dishes.
Hazardous waste may be placed in regulated medical waste if it is placed in a sharps container.
Human or animal specimen cultures from medical and pathology laboratories.
Contain the bag inside a rigid leak proof container that has a biohazard symbol itself or allows the bag s biohazard symbol to be visible.
These measures are designed to protect the workers who generate medical wastes and who manage the wastes from point of generation to disposal.
Biohazardous waste is defined as anything meeting these criteria.
Collect in plastic autoclavable waste bags with a biohazard symbol.