Medical wastes

Medical wastes

1. All wastes from hospitals, clinics or other health care facilities (in the USA also “Red Bag Waste”) that contain diseased tissues or have come into contact with infectious microorganisms, i.e. dangerous wastes with infectious characteristics including infectious wastes of cattle breeding, human blood and blood products, infectious pathological wastes and sharp instruments (needles, scalpels, broken medical instruments). Special disposal methods (usually incineration) should be used for medical wastes.