Biological Waste
Biological waste is any solid or liquid waste that may present a threat of infection to humans, animals, crops, or the natural ecosystem: This includes:
- Animal pathogens
- Plant pathogens
- Waste infectous to humans
- Recombinant or synthetic nucleic acids and recombinant organisms
Biomedical Waste
Biomedical Waste materials are generated throughout the campus in various departments. Three(3) departments have a shared responsibility for disposal of the waste.
- The Student Health Center collects, stores, and disposes of medical waste generated at its facility as well as other departments.
- The School of Veterinary Medicine collects, stores, and disposes of waste generated in teaching labs and research ongoing at its facility.
- EHS collects, stores, and disposes of biomedical waste generated in research labs not associated by the SVM or the SHC.
All biomedical waste shall be properly containerized, labeled. Notify one of the facilities listed above for pick up or drop off.
- Select the "Waste" icon. This will take you to a listing of all waste containers currently
in your inventory.
- Click the "+Add a Waste Request" button, upper left.
- Check PI and Room information required fields:
- For Waste Type: select "Biological"
- For Container Type: select from drop-down menu (either bio-box or sharps container)
- Location of Waste: use if necessary to descirbe where the waste is located within or around the lab. This is not the building and/or room number; these will be recorded automatically.
- Fill out the container Informaton. Assume that the weight of each bio-box is 35 pounds.
- Type Biohazard into the search box and click on the finger.
- When you are done scroll down and click on "Save".
- This will return you to the listing of waste containers with the newly created one
at the top of the list.
- You will receive a conformation E-Mail and the EHS Hazardous Waste Staff will schedule a pick-up. Bio-boxes do not need to be labeled.