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Creator: EPA
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2023-05-03
Description: Medical waste is a subset of wastes generated at health care facilities, such as hospitals, physicians' offices, dental practices, blood banks, and veterinary hospitals/clinics, as well as medical research facilities and laboratories. Generally,… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-07-21
Description: The United States recently had a case of Mpox virus diagnosed in a patient in Dallas County, Texas. Organizations in the U.S. now preparing for the potential need to handle patients under investigation or patients with the Mpox virus must also… -
Creator: the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2005-05-19
Description: The requirements adopted for the UN Recommendations establish a two-tiered classification system for Division 6.2 materials—Category A and Category B. A Category A infectious substance poses a higher degree of risk than a Category B infectious… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-29
Description: When treating a patient with Ebola virus disease, hospitals and health care providers must safely handle, transport, and dispose of waste. Dr. Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH executive associate dean and professor with Indiana University School of Public… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-20
Description: Who this if for: Hospital infection control, occupational health systems, and facility medical waste managers and personnel What this is for: To provide detailed step by step procedures for use with the CDC guidance on Ebola-Associated Waste… -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2014-12-16
Description: FAQs on Interim Guidance for Managers and Workers Handling Untreated Sewage from Suspected or Confirmed Individuals with Ebola in the U.S. | Cleaning and Decontamination | Public Health Planners | Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) | CDC -
Creator: CDC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2014-11-20
Description: Who this is for: Workers who handle untreated sewage that comes from hospitals, medical facilities, and other facilities with confirmed individuals with Ebola. What this is for: To provide recommendations for workers on the types of personal… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-06-29
Description: A PDF flyer infographic illustrating how to handle a waste container inside the patient care room. Including: waste container preparation, waste container in use, waste container closure (two techniques). -
Creator: United States Department of Transportation (DOT): Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-10-13
Description: Ebola Contaminated Waste for Transportation Poster -
Creator: U.S. Department of TransportationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Department of LaborCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2019-09-26
Description: This document summarizes a full guide., which has been updated on June 10, 2022. The full guide supersedes an interim version, previously published on January 19, 2017 and that on August, 2019. This document does not create new requirements, nor…