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Hospital waste

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-013444

Discards generated at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer. The definition of hospital waste does not include human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for interment or cremation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-013444
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental events
References40 CFR 60.51c (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 62.14490 (CFR 2018)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013444",
  "term": "Hospital waste",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Hospital Waste",
  "definition": "Discards generated at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer. The definition of hospital waste does not include human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for interment or cremation.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 60.51c (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 62.14490 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/hospital-waste/"
}

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