Please follow the instructions below for dealing with clinical waste.

School of Pharmacy technical staff will maintain supply of the bins and sharps boxes.  Green bags are available from the clinical waste store.

The Clinical waste log book must also be completed for all waste left to the clinical waste store.

The Contractor will only accept material which has been segragated, packaged and labelled as follow:
(The bins should be labelled with a waterproof felt-tip pen.)

 

Type of clinical waste bin	Contents	Label with waterproof pen
60 litre "yellow-lidded" burn bins	Clinical wastes contaminated with non-toxic materials.	HI
	Laboratory waste or anything else not suitable for heat treatment (steam sterilisation).
	Small amounts of liquid (<100ml) may be collected in a sealed container and placed in the bin. Large amounts (100ml<) of liquid should be collected for chemical uplift.
	Large or bulk metallic objects.
60 litre "purple-lidded" burn bins	Clinical waste contaminated with cytotoxic and cytostatic material eg EtBr, Acrylamide. Small amounts of liquid (<100ml) may be collected in a sealed container and placed in the bin. Large amounts (100ml<) of liquid should be collected for chemical uplift.	HY
60 litre "red-lidded" burn bins	Infectious healthcare anatomical waste	HA
	Containment of recognisable anatomical waste or body parts
	Human Tissue Act (HTA) related human tissue Human Tissue Act (HTA) related blood Human Tissue Act (HTA) contaminated sharps (must be in a sealed orange lidded sharps bin and then placed inside red lidded burn bin and sealed)	HTA Relevant
	Infectious veterinary anatomical waste – non recognisable animal waste or body parts	VA
Various sizes "orange-lidded" sharps bins	Sharps (hypodermic needles, attached syringe bodies, etc.) which may be contaminated with potentially infectious body fluids and discharges medicinal syringes Contaminated slides, stitch cutters, guide wires, trocars and razors Blood stained or contaminated glass or any other contaminated item likely to puncture a bag	HT
Various sizes “purple-lidded” sharps bin	Needles, syringes, sharp instruments, cartridges and broken glass used in the administration of cytotoxic/cytostatic and vaccine drugs	HY
Green freezer bags	See paragraph below*	VA

 

 

*As before the freezers are available for animal anatomical waste that is likely to undergo putrefaction. This material should be placed in green bags and labeled before freezing. Paper tissues contaminated with animal tissue/fluids may also be placed in the bag. Nothing else is to be placed in the bag or the Waste Contractor will not uplift the material.

The bags should be placed in the bins in the freezers to give the waste shape when frozen. Do not place lids on these bins. Do not leave closed bins in the freezers.

The contractor will not accept waste in any other containers such as clinical waste plastic bags or other “home-made” containers.

Please note the 60 litre burn bins must not be used for sharps – they are thin gauge plastic and are not designed to contain sharps.

Every container should also be uniquely labeled (lab number and building ie WMB 03006) and identifiable and all the relevant details recorded in the clinical waste log book. No other labeling should be on the bin – if this is necessary for identification purposes in the lab please use a paper label and remove before taking to the Clinical Waste Store.

If waste is “fly-tipped” or inadequately labeled then the locks on the waste store will be replaced and access restricted.

There is only one key on site for the Clinical Waste Store which may be obtained from the Porters Reception and must be signed for.

If you need further information please do not hesitate to contact David Norwood in University Safety Services.