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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-01
Description: The safest method of handling waste contaminated with a Category A infectious substance would be to render the agent no longer infectious through a process that inactivates the agent, typically by incineration or steam sterilization in an autoclave… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2024-10-25
Description: Waste management is a critical component in the care of patients potentially infected with special pathogens. Join this webinar to gain insights into the proper classification of waste and explore practical approaches to develop and implement… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-11-06
Description: This guidance document includes information on handling Marburg virus waste, and links to other relevant resources.Marburg virus is a Category A pathogen and Select Agent. Any waste potentially contaminated with Marburg virus, including laboratory… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-08-20
Description: This document provides essential guidance for managing Category A waste in special pathogen isolation scenarios. It outlines key waste management objectives including effective packaging securement of packaged waste and engaging relevant partners to… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Decedent Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-04-04
Description: Viruses can be found in the bodies of patients who die of VHF and can be transmitted in postmortem care settings through direct handling of human remains without recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) and through splashes of blood or other… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-04-02
Description: This Spills Basics document provides a summary of key considerations for the management of non-Category A bio-spills. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Emergency Medical Services
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2024-02-05
Description: PURPOSE: This Model Guidance outlines the procedure for management of waste resulting from transport and care of a patient suspected or confirmed to have a high consequence infectious disease.SCOPE: This Model Guidance applies to all EMS personnel… -
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…