Dispose of waste material

In laboratory
 Histology laboratory

Waste management of
1)Histology colours such as eosin, hematoxylin,
methylene blue
2)Formalin
3)Xylene
4)Ethanol
 Protective Equipment

1) Gloves
2) Laboratory coat
3) Safety glasses
 Procedure for disposal

1) Staining solutions are collected in plastic cans

and handled as hazardous waste.
2) Used xylene is collected in its original
packaging or in plastic cans and handled as
hazardous waste .
3) Used ethanol is collected in plastic bottles
and handled as hazardous waste.
4) Antibody solutions that contain 0.1% Na-azide
or more are collected and disposed of in yellow
containers for toxic waste.
What is pathological waste and how to
dispose it?
Doctors offices, hospitals, and other medical
facilities produce a large amount of varied
waste, and often those different types of waste
require different disposal techniques. One such
example is pathological waste, and just like
hazardous waste or expired pharmaceutical
waste, this too has a specific disposal protocol
 Pathological waste disosal
Technically, this waste falls under the umbrella
of regulated medical waste. Within that
category, there are two primary means of waste
disposal. Depending on the type of waste, that
can involve
1) Medical waste autoclave.
2) Medical waste incinerator.
 Medical waste autoclave

One of the most common medical waste steams

treated through the autoclave process is
anything contaminated with blood or other
potentially infectious material.
 MEDICAL WASTE INCERNATION

Anything deemed pathological, however, is not

suitable for the autoclave machine. Rather, this
type of waste must go through medical
incinerationa much hotter treatment that
essentially reduces the contents to dust or ash.
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(On the other hand, autoclaving is merely a

sterilization process. The products themselves
are not reduced down in this way.)
 THE PROCESS

To properly and legally handle this waste, there

are several distinct steps that have to occur in
the disposal process.
 IDENTIFICATION

One of the most essential steps is simply

identifying if what you have is pathological. If
youre in any way unsure, reach out to your local
medical waste management companies. They
should be able to provide valuable and accurate
information about your waste stream.
 SEGREGATION

If weve determined that what we have is

pathological, it must go through a different
process than the rest of your red bag waste
disposal. Therefore, all pathological materials
must be segregated from more common red bag
wastebloody bandages, gauze, surgical masks,
etc.
 labelling

In addition to segregation, this waste must also

be properly labeled to indicate its bound for the
medical incinerator. Bright orange stickers
(typically about two or three) are adhered to
each box. These stickers read Incineration
Only.
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This alerts whoever is doing the medical waste
pickup to put these boxes on a specific part of
the trailer. This is because all the regulated
waste goes to the same treatment facility, and
the waste is separated there. Whatever is
labeled for the medical waste autoclave goes to
that machine, and whatever is labeled in need
of medical waste incineration is set aside.
Note, an incinerator might or might not be at
the treatment facility. There are far fewer
incinerators than autoclaves, so the pathological
material might get shipped yet again to another
facility that can handle it.
 Trace chemotherapy waste

If your facility also produces trace chemotherapy

materials, they are treated like pathological
material. That is, they fall under regulated
medical waste, but they need to be incinerated.
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Trace chemotherapy encompasses items that

once contained chemotherapy drugs (syringes,
needles, drug bottles, etc.) but are now empty.
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Anything that still contains any chemotherapy

wasteeven a few dropsneeds to be treated
and disposed of as hazardous waste.
 references
http://www.mcfenvironmental.com/