New Mexico Medical Waste Disposal

In New Mexico the climate is dry and hot, the Rio Grande snakes all the way across the state, cattle and sheep outnumber people, and one out of four of those employed work for the federal government. New Mexico is deeply influenced by Native American art, history and culture. The nation’s largest Native American tribe, the Navajo, have a reservation here. There are seven national forests in in New Mexico, including the largest in the country, Gila National Forest. In October, Albuquerque is the site of the world’s largest international hot air balloon festival and Las Cruces celebrates the Whole Enchilada Festival, creating the world’s largest enchilada. New Mexico can stay beautiful and free of biohazarous waste. Just call Cyntox, a trusted name for medical waste disposal in New Mexico.

The State of New Mexico Definition of Medical Waste:

Infectious waste is considered a “special waste,” that has unique handling, transportation, or disposal requirements to assure protection of the environment and the public health, welfare and safety. Infectious waste means a limited class of substances that carry a probable risk of transmitting disease to humans, including but not limited to:

• Microbiological laboratory wastes, including cultures and stocks of infectious agents from clinical research and industrial laboratories, and disposable culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures;
• Pathological wastes, including human or animal tissues, organs and body parts, removed during surgery, autopsy or biopsy;
• Disposable equipment, instruments, utensils, and other disposable materials which require special precautions because of contamination by highly contagious diseases;
• Human blood and blood products, including waste blood, blood serum, and plasma;
• Used sharps, including used hypodermic needles, syringes, scalpel blades, Pasteur pipettes and broken glass; and
• Contaminated animal carcasses, body parts and bedding, especially those intentionally exposed to pathogens in research, in the production of biologicals or the “in vivo” testing of pharmaceuticals;