Infectious Waste

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014253",
  "term": "Infectious Waste",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Hazardous waste capable of causing infections in humans, including: contaminated animal waste; human blood and blood products; isolation waste, pathological waste; and discarded sharps (needles, scalpels or broken medical instruments).\n\n2. Any organism (such as a virus or bacteria) that is capable of being communicated by invasion and multiplication in body tissues and capable of causing disease or adverse health impacts in humans.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "see_also": [
    "Medical Waste"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 60.51c (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/infectious-waste/"
}