disposal of body fluids

Re: disposal of body fluids

Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:12:35 GMT

[quote user="chris beasley RVN MBVNA"]

thanks for that - will inform my boss in the morning!

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if your boss is a bva member- they have a really good chart which tells you what waste goes where. it's no longer called 'clinical' waste, but hazardous (cytotoxics) nonhazardous - if my memory severs me right- this is split into household, offensive (urine + poo), and infectious.

Re: disposal of body fluids

chris beasley — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:09:36 GMT

thanks for that - will inform my boss in the morning!

Re: disposal of body fluids

Claire Cameron — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:08:06 GMT

[quote user="chris beasley RVN MBVNA"]

We pay for our clincal waste collection by weight. If I put all the urine in there my boss would go mad!

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I think everyone pays by weight. It is clinical waste though so as far as I'm aware it should be disposed of as clinical waste not down the sink.

The Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 defines clinical waste as ... "Clinical waste is any hazardous waste that consists of:

Animal tissue
Blood or other body fluids
Excretions
Drugs or other pharmaceutical products
Swabs or dressings....etc"

Re: disposal of body fluids

chris beasley — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:03:06 GMT

We pay for our clincal waste collection by weight. If I put all the urine in there my boss would go mad!

Re: disposal of body fluids

Fuzzyduck — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:34:20 GMT

Ours all goes in clinical waste