Biohazardous waste is defined as anything meeting these criteria.
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Collect in plastic autoclavable waste bags with a biohazard symbol.
Hazardous waste may be placed in regulated medical waste if it is placed in a sharps container.
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Cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research laboratories.
Double bagging is recommended for petri dishes.
These measures are designed to protect the workers who generate medical wastes and who manage the wastes from point of generation to disposal.
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.
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967 a single leak resistant biohazard bag is usually adequate for containment of regulated medical wastes provided the bag is sturdy and the waste can be discarded without contaminating the bag s.
Federal osha provides a good general definition of regulated waste but individual states may have their own particular definition.