New Hampshire Medical Waste Disposal
New Hampshire enjoys three seasons on tourism: summer vacationers come for the hiking and tax-free shopping, autumn visitors come for leaf peeping, and winter tourist come for the skiing. The weather station atop Mt. Washington records some of the coldest weather and highest winds in the country. “The Granite State” landmark, “The Old Man of the Mountain” was a famous sight, a natural granite formation that resembled an old man’s profile. The motto is “Live free or die” and many New Hampshire residents take great pride in their independent spirit. New Hampshire, don’t let hazardous medical waste sully your natural beauty. Trust Cyntox to provide clinical waste disposal that meets state and local regulations.The State of New Hampshire Definition of Medical Waste:
“Infectious waste” means any waste, which because of its infectious nature may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed. Infectious waste includes:
- Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, including:
- Cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories;
- Wastes from the production of biologicals, discarded live and attenuated vaccines; and
- Culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures;
- Pathological wastes, including tissues, organs, and body parts that were removed during surgery or autopsy;
- Waste human blood and products of blood, including:
- Serum, plasma and other blood components;
- Containers contaminated with a. above which were used or intended for use in either patient care, testing and laboratory analysis or the development of pharmaceuticals; and
- Items saturated and/or dripping with human blood or items that were saturated and/or dripping with human blood that are now caked with dried human blood or blood components;
- Sharps that have been used in human or animal patient care or in medical, research, or industrial laboratories, including hypodermic needles, syringes, pasteur pipettes, broken glass and scalpel blades;
- Contaminated animal carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that were exposed to infectious agents during research, production of biologicals, or testing of pharmaceuticals;
- Wastes from human or animal patient care, surgery or autopsy that were in contact with infectious agents, including soiled dressings, sponges, drapes, lavage tubes, drainage sets, underpads, and surgical gloves;
- Laboratory wastes from medical, pathological, pharmaceutical, or other research, commercial or industrial laboratories that were in contact with infectious agents, including slides and cover slips, disposable gloves, laboratory coats, and aprons;
- Dialysis wastes that were in contact with the blood of patients undergoing hemodialysis, including contaminated disposable equipment and supplies such as tubing, filters, disposable sheets, towels, gloves, aprons, and laboratory coats;
- Discarded medical equipment and parts that were in contact with infectious agents;
- Biological waste and discarded materials contaminated with blood, excretion, exudates or secretion from humans or animals who are isolated to protect others from communicable diseases;
- Any discarded preparations made from genetically altered living organisms and their products; and
- Such other waste material that results from the administration of medical care to a patient whether human or animal by a health care provider and is found by the director in consultation with the division of public health services or state veterinarian to pose a threat to human health or the environment due to its infectious nature.